I've run into an issue with the correct nomenclature/terminology for a panel that has been made from a press brake.

what is the correct name? if it is U-shaped is it a 2 brake panel? a broke panel? does "break" ever apply (I'm assuming not, but Google didnt come through on my search)


[/sheetmetal noob]

3/25/2008 9:09:47 AM

usually a brake makes a straight line bend, and a press forms a contoured panel

3/25/2008 9:37:29 AM

well, yes. sheetmetal is my job (I'm no expert, but I know the processes and whatnot)

but what do you call the finished piece? that's what I'm after.

Like my company, we make square panels that have 4 brakes and resemble a box. the general name we use is "4 break" panel, but using the term "break" seems weird. makes me feel like someone coming to the gayrage and saying "my breaks are making a funny noise."


I want to call them 4 brake panels, but that seems weird too.

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM. Reason : -0]

3/25/2008 10:00:57 AM

call it a box maybe?

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM. Reason : hvac stuff or what?]

3/25/2008 11:04:28 AM

http://www.pneu-mech.com

paint, powercoating systems. I do Solidworks

3/25/2008 1:44:21 PM

powercoat or powdercoat?

3/25/2008 1:56:46 PM

haha power coating... its what nascar uses.

3/25/2008 2:05:14 PM

yeah powder my b, g.

3/25/2008 2:57:14 PM

dude, solidworks all day . . . thats gotta suck

3/25/2008 5:03:34 PM

It's not bad, and it's not all day. I'm distracted easily (see:tww), and there are a variety of things that I get involved with that I can switch from if I get bored/burned out. my position is solidworks guy/engineer... but I'd rather be up in the shop tooling around

3/25/2008 5:08:40 PM

interesting to see you guys don't have a VP or marketing.

3/25/2008 5:51:57 PM

Andrews, Jim Vice President jandrews@pneu-mech.com ?????? from the site

3/25/2008 7:04:17 PM

^^OWNED

3/25/2008 9:11:23 PM

seriously

3/25/2008 9:13:29 PM

bttt per request

10/23/2008 9:32:05 AM

THANKS DUDE

so this topic came up in conversation again, I want some more response from my peers.

10/23/2008 9:41:28 AM

powdercoat my dually rimmzzzzzz pleez?

10/23/2008 9:57:08 AM

haha we dont do the powdercoating, we just make the coating equipment. There's a place in S-vegas that does a good job tho


any input on this nomenclature issue?

10/23/2008 10:05:29 AM

Yeah...I've got some input. The resulting actions on sheet metal are not called brakes or breaks. They're simply bends.

the brake, be it a press brake, pan brake, or box brake, is simply the equipment to form the metal.

Usually, with a press brake, you can do three major operations: bends, die forms or draws, or stamping/embossing, depending on the dies used with the machine.

When I worked with Flanders/CSC, the majority of our work was stainless sheet metal fabrication. My division built gloveboxes and isolator units for hazardous and pharmaceutical materials handling. The active chambers of these units had to have a minimum 5/8" inside radius for cleanability. We would use a 1" Vee female die, and a 5/8" radius male die for mid-panel bends, or what we called a "Snork" die set for panel edge bends. Instead of being an air-bend set of dies, these were drawing dies, which would actually provide a clamping force on the edge of the panel so that the bend operation could produce repeatable, predictable results. sheet metal grows when bent, and using the Snorks guaranteed that panel growth and center of bend occurred in exactly the same manner and in only one direction.

I miss having access to stuff like 12' hydraulic shears, 400 ton press brakes, and two 4000-watt nitrogen-cooled CNC laser machines.

10/23/2008 12:32:29 PM

Quote :

"The resulting actions on sheet metal are not called brakes or breaks. They're simply bends."

fair enough


so, Dan, let me get that barring tool, pm me a price, shipped to 27020

10/23/2008 12:42:50 PM