Stainless Steel 316 Bending Radius

[JA]

Hello,

We have a roof for a tank formed from stainless steel 316. The plate is 1/4" thick.

My question is what bending radius is recommended when bending parallel to the rolling direction? This will be cold formed.

Further, is there any reference information for this matter?

Thanks.

 

[rb1957]

what heat treat ?

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[JA]

Annealed

 

[rb1957]

i don't normally work with 1/4" thk steel sheet, but I suspect 3t is a reasonable number.

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[JA]

Thank you. Do you have any reference for that, particularly with stainless steel?

 

[rb1957]

no, just "rule of thumb"

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[KENAT]

http://www.ssina.com/download_a_file/fabricate.pdf

look at page 9 (pdf #11).

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