Brian McCarthy

3 Types Of Bending

There are three types of bends used to form metal that any sheet metal engineer or press brake operator must be familiar with; air bending, bottom bending and coining. Air Bending Air bending is the most common type of bending process used in sheet metal shops today. In this process the workpiece comes in contact with the outside edges of the die, as well as the punch tip. The punch is them forced past the top of the die into... (posted by Brian 2 years 80 days ago.)