Originally Posted by MBG I got a flat piece of aluminum about 3/8 thick and I want to "bend" and u shape in it. Two 90 degree bends that make a "U".
Could this be possible? If so how do you do it? |
More information is needed to define POSSIBLE?
Material alloy?
Length of bend line?
Inside Bend Radius expected?
Basic dimensions of each leg, +/- what?
Take 3/8" 6061-T6 for example. This will require roughly 22 tons/ft of bend length on a press brake using a 2.75" lower V-die. Using a wider lower die, say like 3" will lower the tonnage to around 20 tons/ft, but will increase the bend radius.
Deep bends take special tooling. Does your U configuration have room to bend it on a press?
A press brake is the most realistic way 3/8" could be bent, but........As you can see. The variables in "Possible" can be influenced by many other factors.
DC