Thanks for the reply, dvd! It is actually a bit hard to line up the profiles, so I've made a paper cutout of the profile. Here's a couple of photos of it on top of the pressed part.
The flange is curved, but the it contacts the ideal profile on the outside first so I take it that the flange...
Thanks for the quick reply btrueblood! Not quite. The vee is springing open, towards the sides of the die as expected. But the flange seems to be springing towards the bottom of the die.
I'm currently experiencing something I find quite strange on a set of dies I'm working on. These dies are designed to be used on a press brake with a pattern and is located by pins on the apex of the top die in the picture below. The arrows I have on the photo indicate the direction I...
Hey guys! Thanks for all the good suggestions. I'll try and provide more context in this reply.
The angle is to be made out of .050 thick 7075-O material and then heat treated to T62 after forming. The two ends of the part are parallel and measures 6.62 in length. The vertical flange is 0.7...
Hey 3DDave! Thanks for the reply. That is how they made the part for our prototype installation. They bend it and then use the shrinker. I forgot to add that we are starting from 7075-O and then tempering to T62 after forming. Do you think it is not worth our time to make a die? We're looking...
Hey guys! First time poster here. Need some help in designing a forming die for a curved angle. Please see photos below.
This is a part used to splice two other sheet metal parts together. We intend to use a press brake to form this part, so we will need a set of dies and a flat pattern to...
