Sheet Metal Properties & Applications
Complex sheet metal bracket
Sheet
metal is generally less than 6 mm thick and produced by
reducing the thickness of the raw material by compressive forces
applied through a set of rolls. The process of rolling began around 1500. Common sheet metals include aluminum alloys, copper, stainless steel, brass, steel, titanium, zinc alloys.
Sheet Metal Machining
eMachineShop allows you to design custom sheet metal parts using: Bending ... Blanking ... Counter sinking ... Drilling ... Fine blanking ... Laser Cutting ... Milling ... Photochemical Milling ... Plasma Cutting ... Band sawing ... Shearing ... Threading & Tapping ... Turret Punching ... Waterjet Cutting ... Welding and Wire EDM.
Formability of Sheet Metal
Many types of metals are suitable for sheet metal working depending on their formability:
- Aluminum, copper and their alloys - generally excellent
- Mild steel and stainless steel generally - generally fair to excellent
- Nickel and magnesium - generally fair to good
Sheet Metal Applications
Sheet metal is widely used for numerous industrial and non-industrial applications including:
- Aircraft: Fuselages, wings, body panels, trim parts, etc.
- Automotive: body panels, bumpers, doors, chassis, trim parts, brackets etc.
- Construction: roofing, home building and structural applications.
- Other applications: appliances, food and beverage
containers, boilers, kitchen equipment, office equipment etc.
