rolling aluminum 6061

[kenney]

I want to use aluminum 6061 T 6 for a project that will be about 8 inches long 5 inches tall
and about 3/8 inch thick.This is a motorcycle license plate frame. Along with the rest of the design,it needs to have an arc in it. In other words if it were laying on a table, the long ways ends would curve up to about 1 inch off the table.
My question is can 6061 be rolled into this form ? I like this material because it will buff to a brite shine.

Thanks

[Tech2]

6061 can bend to a radius of about 2 to 4 times thickness before cracking.

[kenney]

Thanks for the reply.Well that leaves out 6061,cause the thinist area around the window woud be between 1/16 th to 1/8 th thick.Will have to re think the material.

What are your recomendations,less expensive the better,maybe chrome plate.

Thanks

Kenney

[Tech3]

You can use Aluminum 5052.

[kenney]

thanks.will 5052 shine when buffed?

[Tech2]

Yes you can polish 5052.

[kenney]

OK the price is right on 5052.Almost through with the CAD.
Can you roll this .I dont see a machine that would do this.Or is it the bend machine ?
If it is how would I use it for this application ?

Thanks

[Tech2]

You can get close to the same effect with multiple parallel bends.

[Tech3]

Please review Bending Tips.

[kenney]

I tried the multiple bends using 13 @ 5 degrees and it looks close but the 3D view I get is segmented and when I try for a cost it says 5 machines reporting incompatibility and consider limiting material thickness to.250 . My thickness needs to be .344

Can I still roll this to get the arc I need ?

Thanks

[Tech3]

No, we support bending of sheet up to 1/4 only. We missed that you specified the part thickness as 3/8 in original post.

[kenney]

OK Well that's the thickness i need
I Would like to order 10 or 12 of these. Flat I guess.

Once I received them from you,

Do you have any recommendations how to get the arc
I need from a local shop using this type of aluminum

Thanks.

[Tech2]

Please post your design.

[kenney]

Here it is.

[Tech2]

Generally 2D shapes are bent or rolled. You have more of a 3D shape. The job is not suited for us.