Bridge Lance Sheet Metal

The history of sheet metal fabricating machines covers nearly three centuries.

Bridge lance sheet metal.

The sides of the body are denoted as faces to remove in step 2 above. The forming tool model may be located and rotated for precise positioning. Presently sheet metal processing together with punch presses plays an important roll in the industry and will continue to do so in the future. Bridge lance tooling x y z lance t 1062754 40 0 090 0 433 form up lance mat thk 024 0 100 0 500 066 form up lance 0 100 0 571 form up lance t 122671 10 0.

This application is commonly used to hook adjustable shelving or to hang parts. In low carbon steel sheet metal the minimum radius of a bend should be one half the material thickness or 0 80 mm 0 03 inch whichever is larger counterbores. This video also shows a quick example of how the forming tool can be setup. Modern sheet metal fabricating machines however made their appearance only twenty to thirty years ago.

Below i added the body for the default bridge lance feature in red. Avoid large sheet metal parts with small bent flanges. Actual tool design may vary causing the price and or lead time to change. Lance and form is used to cut all but one side of the shape and to form the material downward.

This is the body used in the sldftp. With solidworks 2010 it is possible to make multi body sheet metal parts. How to use the bridge lance sheet metal tool in solidworks. The result can be seen.

As represented in figure 7b the forming tool model is drag dropped from its folder onto a face of the sheet metal part. Tools with heavy duty die spring assemblies cannot be used in an octo machine. Learn two examples of inserting a forming tool into a sheet metal part in solidworks. Lance t ool f u lance tool c minimum p1 θ1 b c h a notes.

All diagrams and pricing are for illustrating and estimating purposes only. The minimum distance between two counterbores is eight times the material thickness. The result of applying this bridge lance forming tool is shown in figure 7c. θ2 p2 page 9 1.