| The formation of sheet metal, thin and flat pieces | | | | In need of a metal housing for a particular part, |
| metals of varying thicknesses is known as sheet | | | | brackets for machines and equipments, metal |
| metal work. Different types of sheet metal works | | | | framing, and even decorative touches press break |
| include: | | | | forming is used. It is considered as an ideal solution |
| - Deep drawing | | | | for those who are in need of replacement parts, |
| - Cutting | | | | large numbers of brackets, and fastening solutions as |
| - Perforating | | | | well as prototypes for almost any type of machinery. |
| - Spinning | | | | Roll forming |
| - Press brake forming | | | | The process includes a large strip of metal to be |
| - Roll forming | | | | passed through continuous sets of rolls, or stands to |
| - Rolling | | | | collect the needed cross-section profile. For producing |
| - Stamping | | | | parts with long lengths or in large quantities it is an |
| - Bending | | | | ideal process. The process of roll forming is a simpler |
| - Ironing | | | | one. |
| - Wheeling | | | | Rolling |
| - Decambering | | | | In this process a metal sheet is passed through a pair |
| Deep drawing | | | | of rolls. On the basis of the shape of the final |
| Drawing process where the depth of the part being | | | | product rolling is classified into two classes-- Flat, |
| made is more than half its diameter is known as | | | | shape of the product is either classed as sheet or |
| deep drawing. In this process, metal blank is | | | | plate, and Profile rolling, the final product may be a |
| stretched around a plug then make it move into a | | | | round rod or other shaped bar. Hot rolling and cold |
| die, a molding cutter. Kitchen sink is a perfect | | | | rolling are the two types of rolling according to the |
| example of deep drawing technology. Aerospace, | | | | temperature of the metal rod. |
| automobile, dairy, lighting, pharmaceuticals, and | | | | Stamping |
| plastics are the industries that are rely on deep | | | | Punching by using a machine press or stamping press, |
| drawing process. | | | | blanking, embossing, bending, flanging, and coining are |
| Cutting | | | | the different operations that are associated with |
| To give the sheet metals different shapes it has to | | | | stamping. This is both a single stage and a multiple |
| be cut into tiny pieces. To cut sheet metals various | | | | stage operation. |
| tools from hand tools to very large powered shears | | | | Bending |
| are used. CNC (Computer Numerical Control) and | | | | Process in which a metal is deforming plastically to |
| Lasers cutting or multi-tool CNC punch press are the | | | | change its shape is known as bending. In this process |
| most modern sheet metal cutting processes. | | | | one axis of the material is deformed not the surface |
| Perforating | | | | area of the material. Press breaks are usually used |
| Perforating is used to design, produce, and fabricate | | | | for bending. As a flexible process it is used for |
| metal to meet the precise specification. Perforated | | | | getting different shapes. |
| metal offers a solution that is both decorative and | | | | Ironing |
| functional. | | | | The process of uniformly thinning the work piece in a |
| Spinning | | | | specific area is known as ironing in the metal sheet |
| Spinning, performed by hand or by a CNC lathe, is | | | | forming. |
| the process in which a disk or tube of metal is | | | | Wheeling |
| rotated at high speed and formed into an axially | | | | To use English Wheel to form smooth, compound |
| symmetric part. The process has both artisans and | | | | curves from flat sheets of metal is known as |
| commercial applications. To produce architectural | | | | wheeling. |
| detail, specialty lighting, decorative household goods | | | | Decambering |
| and urns artisans use the process and among its | | | | The process of removing camber, or horizontal bend, |
| commercial application include rocket nose cones, | | | | from strip shaped materials is known as decambering. |
| cookware, gas cylinders, brass instrument bells, and | | | | Flattening or leveling processes resemble in |
| public waste receptacles. | | | | decambering. |
| Press brake forming | | | | |