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Calculate Bending Force for Press Brake Machine

Calculate Bending Force for Press Brake Machine

When working with press brake machines, understanding how to calculate bending force is essential for achieving accurate results. In this article, I will guide you through the process of calculating bending force for press brake machines, ensuring that you can make informed decisions for your projects. By grasping the key factors that influence bending force, you’ll enhance your ability to select the right machine settings and materials. Let’s delve into the essential formulas and considerations that will help you optimize your bending operations.

Introduction

In recent years, Press brake machines have been widely used in various industries, and the fabrication scope of bending machines is also expanding day by day.However, the calculation of bending force has not been systematically introduced before. today, we will share how to calculate the bending force for your press brake and we will start with the original calculation formula of bending force to explain the calculation in details. Calculate Bending Force for Press Brake Machine.

Bending Force for Press Brake Machine
Calculate Bending Force for Press Brake Machine

F: bending force, N

Rm: tensile strength of material, N/mm2 

T: bending sheet thickness, mm

V: lower die Vee opening, mm

L: bending sheet length, mm

Tensile strength of common materials

Tensile strength is the critical value of metal transition from uniform plastic deformation to locally concentrated plastic deformation, and is also the maximum bearing capacity of metal under static tensile condition.Tensile strength is the resistance that represents the maximum uniform plastic deformation of the material. Before the tensile specimen bears the maximum tensile stress, the deformation is uniform and consistent, but after exceeding, the metal begins to shrink, i.e. centralized deformation occurs.For brittle materials without (or very little) uniform plastic deformation, it reflects the fracture resistance of the material.It can also be understood that when the steel yield to a certain extent, its resistance to deformation is improved again due to the rearrangement of internal grains. At this time, although the deformation develops rapidly, it can only increase with the increase of stress until the stress reaches the maximum value.Since then, the ability of steel to resist deformation is obviously reduced, and a large plastic deformation occurs at the weakest part, where the section of the specimen rapidly shrinks, necking phenomenon occurs, and even fracture failure occurs.The maximum stress value of steel before tensile f