Punching Steel Sheet

Hydraulic hole punches our strongest punch this tool has 35 tons of force to punch through tough materials such as bus bars railings and i beams.

Punching steel sheet.

The maximum sheet density is up to 4 mm. Punching sheet metal parts. In metal construction and the building industry use punching to produce profiles in sheet metal. Punching is a forming process that uses a punch press to force a tool called a punch through the workpiece to create a hole via shearing punching is applicable to a wide variety of materials that come in sheet form including sheet metal paper vulcanized fibre and some forms of plastic sheet.

A pure punching machine with an automatic conveyor system can process sheet sizes of 1250 x 2500 mm. Approved sheet metal has punch forming capabilities in house so you can get sheet metal parts fast. The punch often passes through the work into a die a scrap slug from the hole is deposited into. Slide thin sheets of material into the included die block then punch an inner and outer hole to create a shim or washer.

The piece of sheet metal whether it be steel or aluminum is placed between the punch and a die. Regardless if a shop follows some basic strategies it will be well on its way to better parts and greater throughput. The maximum dimensions of the punching process are of course related to the selected punching machine. Cut metal slugs are collected by a conveyor leading to a.

The process of punching sheet metal goes as follows.