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zildjian
zildjian asked in Science & MathematicsEngineering · 9 years ago

Can a Stainless Steel 316 be bent at angle of 180 degrees?

Can a stainless steel be bent at 180? What tool should be used in this procedures of bending?

Update:

Sorry, but I forgot to add that the stainless steel sheet will be used as wall cladding and the edge of the bent part should be straight for aesthetic purposes. Also, I'm quite worried that bending a stainless steel will improve its corrosion or rusting?

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  • Taurean
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Yes it can be bent. The tool depends upon the shape of the Stainless Steel 316 sample.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Bending Stainless Steel Sheet

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  • Jacko
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Yes it can be bent.

    Try gripping the stainless steel sheet in a vise, with a metal bar placed across where you want the bend to be, so that the jaws of the vise squeeze the bar and the sheet together.

    Apply pressure to the sheet, and start bending it. Don't try to bend it with a sharp corner, it might crack.

    It would be a good idea to experiment first, with a scrap piece of sheet, and using metal bars, or wires, of different diameters.

    Squeezing the ends of the plate togeter in the vise will almost certainly crack the sheet, unless it is heated up first.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Steel can always be bent. You have to check the radius and in some cases heat it.

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