SHEETMETAL STANDARDS 2

[ASHWA]

Dear Friends,
Can anyone suggest, is any ASME book available for standards on Sheetmetal? or any reference book please.

 

[looslib]

What kind of standards are you looking for?
I use this paper for some basic sheet metal information.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[ASHWA]

Thankyou Ben Loosli,
I have Assembly fixture design experience of more than 10yrs, but iam new to Sheetmetal design.
May i request you to help in where to start, which items should i keep as reference to gain knowledge in process.

 

[ctopher]

Contact a vendor that makes your sheetmetal parts, ask for a tour. They usually are willing to help.

Chris, CSWP
SolidWorks
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[3DDave]

Sheet metal design of what? I had a 7th grade shop class to make sheet metal parts that came out with usable crude items. I also have designed a few more interesting items. For some companies material up to 1 inch thick is handled as sheet metal.

YouTube has thousands of videos (probably hundreds of thousands of them) of processes one might perform on sheet metal.

 

[ASHWA]

Thanks ctopher,
Yes, knowing the process would be the best starting point to Design. Surely i will visit a Sheetmetal shopfloor.

Thanks 3DDave,
You are correct, i have started in Youtube lessons, helping a lot to know the guidelines and process in Design.

 

[looslib]

As one of my professors used to say, sheetmetal varies with industry.
To a heavy equipment company, sheetmetal is anything less than 2 inches thick.
To an aircraft company, sheetmetal is less than .062.
Everything above those thicknesses was considered plates.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

 

[hendersdc]

Here are a couple other design guides to go along with the one looslib provided:

 

[hendersdc]

And this one

 

[ASHWA]

Thanks looslib,
Yes, Sheetmetal varies from industry to industry by its thickness.

Thanks a lot hendersdc,
Your Handbook for Sheetmetal will help in many ways.
your kindness in sharing is overwhelmed.

 

[ASHWA]

Dear Friends,
Need to learn Sheetmetal Die design online, any suggestion pl.

 

[SBaugh]

how about the online tutorials that SW offers

Scott Baugh, CSWP
Mechanical Engineer
Ciholas

https://www.ciholas.com/

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

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[ASHWA]

Thanks SBaugh (Mechanical),
Surely i will make a try...!!