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Stripe bending

Forming process where a strip of metal is incrementally fed out and bent in one plane.

Beskrivning
Illustration of Stripe bending

The process

A roll of sheet metal passes through a set of straightening rolls [1] with the task of creating a straight strip from the wound roll. Powered rollers [2] incrementally feed the metal strip through the bending mechanism [2] that continuously deform the plate and creates many subsequent small bends by plastic deformation.

Advantages and disadvantages
In comparison with alternative methods
High degree of automation, continuous production