Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
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I would like to design a dished disc in sheetmetal so I can "unfold" it and get an idea of what the preformed dimensions need to be. Is this possible? I can obviously draw the part as a solid but cannot convert it to sheetmetal.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks for any help.






RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
Dan
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RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
I think you are talking about metal spinning, rather than sheet metal.
You could assume that the disc will be bent from a flat piece of sheet metal, and break up the curve into discrete, flat sections. Is that what you want?
RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
Diego
RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
Thanks again.
RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
I you just want an estimate on material usage get a die design handbook. There are formulas for hand calculating material usage.
Hold overs from before we had computers do the work for us.
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RE: Designing a dished disc in sheetmetal
Eric
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