March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
15h 31m
English
Many articles such as cans, pipes, elbows, boxes, ducting, hoppers, etc. are manufactured from thin sheet materials. Generally, a template is produced from an orthographic drawing when small quantities are required (larger quantities may justify the use of press tools), and the template will include allowances for bending and seams, bearing in mind the thickness of material used.
Exposed edges which may be dangerous can be wired or folded, and these processes also give added strength, e.g., cooking tins and pans. Some cooking tins are also formed by pressing hollows into a flat sheet. This type of deformation is not considered in this Chapter, which deals with bending or forming in one plane ...