Closed Sheet Metal Box Design

A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles.

Closed sheet metal box design.

Sheet metal materials are the most commonly used materials in the structural design of communication products. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material. Drawing a sheet metal box in solidworks 2010. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box.

Factors affecting tolerances include material thickness machines used and number of steps in part production. A press brake creates a bend by pressing sheet metal into a die with a linear punch so design does not allow the creation of closed geometry. Next month concludes with the pros and cons of hems jogs and forming tools. Sheet metal tolerances are far more generous than machining or 3d printing tolerances.

Please subscribe our c. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured. Understanding the comprehensive performance of materials and the correct material selection have an important impact on product cost product performance product quality and processability.

In this tutorial video i will sketch power box chassis in solidworks with the help of sketch and sheet metal tools i hope you like it. By adding cutouts for ports switches ventilation or mounting these versatile and cost effective enclosures can be used in applications ranging from electronics to robotics. Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes. Columnist gerald davis continues a discussion of 3 d cad and precision sheet metal manufacturing in part iii of a four part series focusing on design guidelines for sheet metal.