Punching Steel Sheet

The piece of sheet metal whether it be steel or aluminum is placed between the punch and a die.

Punching steel sheet.

A pure punching machine with an automatic conveyor system can process sheet sizes of 1250 x 2500 mm. Slide thin sheets of material into the included die block then punch an inner and outer hole to create a shim or washer. In metal construction and the building industry use punching to produce profiles in sheet metal. One of the most mature technologies in metal fabrication punching is also one of the most misunderstood perhaps because the process can ccomplish so much punch myriad shapes form even bend flanges.

Punching sheet metal parts. The punch moves downward into the die causing the sheet metal beneath the tool head to become detached from the surrounding material. The process of punching sheet metal goes as follows. Cut metal slugs are collected by a conveyor leading to a.

Approved sheet metal has punch forming capabilities in house so you can get sheet metal parts fast. Our punch operators have 15 years of experience in punch forming prototype to low volume production quantities. Hydraulic hole punches our strongest punch this tool has 35 tons of force to punch through tough materials such as bus bars railings and i beams. The punch often passes through the work into a die a scrap slug from the hole is deposited into.

Regardless if a shop follows some basic strategies it will be well on its way to better parts and greater throughput.