How To Make Rolled Metal Part Sheet Metal

Solidworks convert to sheet metal cylinder.

How to make rolled metal part sheet metal.

Make sure to grab a note pad and get ready for some quick modeling. Part i precision matters the fabricator may 2017 p. Beyond sheet metal properties and available materials here are eight ways to improve sheet metal parts. Solidworks tutorial sheet metal fold and unfold command.

There are some tips and tricks included. I m a novice inventor 2012 user trying to draw some sheet metal parts for use in our plant. I have a triangular shaped piece of sheet metal that needs to be rolled so that it has a specific radius. Depending on the alloy.

Rolled sheet metal solidworks 2014 symmetry solutions. This tutorial shows how to convert cylindrical hollow solid part to sheet metal cylinder. Sheet metal forming between rolls to determine the designation of sheet vs. The sheet metal rolling process consists of passing metal stock through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness and to make the thickness uniform.

This will create a lofted section from your two projected sketches. Aside from that a variety of metals is available including stainless steel aluminum cold rolled and galvanized steel and even copper and brass in thicknesses ranging from 0 02 in. Second phase in creating a rolled sheet metal component within solidworks. A couple of pretty good illustrations of this can be found in last month s edition what sheet metal shops wish you knew.

First phase in creating a rolled sheet metal component within solidworks once the sketches are complete it is time to use the sheet metal lofted bend tool. Plate in general terms we can say that anything 1 8 and thicker is a plate and anything less than 1 8 is a. This part will in turn be attache. Consider a 3 foot diameter metal cylinder and how we could create this and create a flat patten using the sheet metal tools found in solidworks standard.