AIR VEE BENDING

Name: Anil Chejara Roll no. : 9003022 Group no. : 5

BACKGROUND:

Bending is a process by which metal can be deformed by plastically deforming the material and changing its shape. The material is stressed beyond the yield strength but below the ultimate tensile strength. The surface area of the material does not change much. Bending usually refers to deformation about one axis. Bending is a flexible process by which many different shapes can be produced. Standard die sets are used to produce a wide variety of shapes. The material is placed on the die, and positioned in place with stops and/or gages. It is held in place with hold-downs. The upper part of the press, the ram with the appropriately shaped punch descends and forms the vshaped bend. Bending is done using Press Brakes.

Air Bending is done with the punch touching the work piece and the work piece, not bottoming in the lower cavity. This is called air bending. As the punch is released, the work piece ends up with less bend than that on the punch greater included angle. This is called spring-back. The amount of spring back depends on the material, thickness, grain and temper. The spring back usually ranges from 5 to 10 degrees. Usually the same angle is used in both the punch and the die to minimize setup time. The inner radius of the bend is the same as the radius on the punch.
THEORY BEHIND OPERATION: Spring back predictions are important to maintain the geometric tolerance of the finished part. Spring back refers to the elastic recovery of the non-uniformly distributed stresses in a deformed part after the forming load is removed. The unloading is always elastic.

AIM: To study the Air-Vee bending of sheet metal strip and calculate its spring back and its dependence on the process parameters.

PROCEDURE: The Air vee bending is done on fly press.

First load the sheet and press it by 5mm vertically. Take reading while the sheet is in a loaded condition. Unload the sheet and there will be a spring back. Trace its profile also. Now repeat the same experiment for 10mm and 15mm depth. Note down the angles measured on the sheet of paper for all the sheets. Repeat the experiments for anther material.

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RESULTS: As the depth of punch increases the spring back also increases. The spring back for steel is more than Aluminium.

SOURCE OF ERROR: Human error possible while taking reading. Load may not be applied uniformly. Process of finding bent radius will affect the results.