Bending (metalworking)

Bending
A chimney starter, a sample product of bending

Bending is a manufacturing process that produces a V-shape, U-shape, or channel shape along a straight axis in ductile materials, most commonly sheet metal.[1] Commonly used equipment include box and pan brakes, brake presses, and other specialized machine presses. Typical products that are made like this are boxes such as electrical enclosures and rectangular ductwork.

  1. ^ Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide, Industrial Press Inc., 1994.