Can anyone point me in the direction of a clear, up-to date guide to bending sheet metal. I'm looking for typical bending procedures for making housings look esthetically pleasing, whil making them structuraly sound.
Cincinnati has a great bending booklet called "Cincinnati Press Break Capacities" form number PT-50691. Get one from your Cincinnati Representative. It is a great book for understanding forming of metals.
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forming sheet metal is a well established process. Even references from 30 years ago will provide good information. Also, most decent CAD systems have sheet metal applications that are quite sophisticated. The formed part models can also be analysed with numerous FEA applications that are compatible with most any CAD software.
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