Bending Stainless Steel Sheet

Most grades of stainless steel can be welded by all traditional welding methods.

Bending stainless steel sheet. Welding of stainless steel. It just won t really be at maximum strength. 2 the stainless steel sheet has a strong rebound tendency compared with carbon steel when bending. Choose a bend radius that matches your minimum bend.

The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. A cutout or the edge of your flange to your bend. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius.

In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend. Most applications of duplex stainless steels require relatively simple forming such as the rolling of cylindrical sections press forming and vessel and tank head forming by pressing or rolling. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape.

Push the clamping leaf handles away from you to raise the clamping leaf. Keep in mind that many kinds of fabricated metal have extremely high melting points and applying your torch injudiciously could cause damage or do harm to your sheet metal or equipment. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. 3 the percentage of elongation of stainless steel plate is lower than the carbon steel the bending angle of the workpiece r is larger than that of carbon steel or there is the possibility of cracks.

How to bend stainless steel sheets marking the bend. 4 due to the high hardness of stainless steel plate with obvious cold work hardening effect therefore the tool steel should be chosen as the punch die and the heat treatment hardness of. Determine your minimum bend by measuring the distance from your closest feature i e. Bending cold forming and springback of duplex stainless steels duplex stainless steels have shown good formability in a variety of fabrications.

In the event that you are bending a thick piece of sheet metal you can apply heat from a blowtorch along the seam of your bend line to facilitate your bend. If you have any questions or want to discuss your design contact us. Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure. Scoring and bending.

However the weldability of different grades can vary considerably.