Curved material - drill holes before or after bending?
Curved material - drill holes before or after bending?
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Part of an assembly I'm working on is a curved/arc sheet.
Per my design prints, there are three holes positioned at different angles of the arc.
I'm sure that I could put the holes in after the sheets have been formed, but I have several to do, and it would be much more labor intensive than drilling the holes while the sheets are still flat.
SOOOOOO... question - am I setting myself up for disaster if i drill all the wholes before I bend the sheets? Are there measurement factors to be accounted for that I should know about?
Thanks,
Rob
Per my design prints, there are three holes positioned at different angles of the arc.
I'm sure that I could put the holes in after the sheets have been formed, but I have several to do, and it would be much more labor intensive than drilling the holes while the sheets are still flat.
SOOOOOO... question - am I setting myself up for disaster if i drill all the wholes before I bend the sheets? Are there measurement factors to be accounted for that I should know about?
Thanks,
Rob





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Cheers
SACEM1
RE: Curved material - drill holes before or after bending?
RE: Curved material - drill holes before or after bending?
Since the holes were already drilled on hundreds on these parts, I had no choice but to move ahead and hope for the best.
It turned out alright. There was negligable deformation of the holes after bending, so the parts meet the customer requirements.
-rob