When we bent it just used heat on one side and let it curl from the stress.
But the part is smaller whether we pre bend or not.
To install we just strap it to the curve.
We are bending a 12"x5"x.125" UHMW extruded sheet around a 4.5" radius. When we do so, the sheet seems to compress and the overall length decreases by 1.8%.
Is that really what is happening or is there something obvious we are missing?
If it is compressing, over time will the material creep...
Thanks everyone.
A typical servo drive spin welder would be able to stop in a specific orientation. I don't need this for our application.
In this case stopping in 1 second would be more than enough.
So mikekilroy, with the software (and if everything still works) would it be reasonably easy...
I've got an application where we just need essentially a drill press with a brake (it's a spin welding application). We will manually bring the spindle down but I need to be able to stop the spindle quickly.
In some old equipment I found a brush-less servomotor, pacific scientific...
I need to attach a 1/4"-20 SS stud to a SS sheet (.06" thick) for DC power connection (car battery).
Currently a hex bolt is tack welded on. Looking for a better way. New program so can look at all possibilities.