
| Bending - Course: Technique of Working Sheet Metals, Pipes and Sections. Instruction Examples for Practical Vocational Training |
Practise the flanging of sheet metal and fabricating a bottom seam joint

Material
Beaker jacket as to Instruction Example 2.5.
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Sheet steel |
(380 MPa) |
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thickness: |
1 mm |
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diameter |
80 mm |
Tools
Steel scriber, smooth file 200 mm (flat), machinist's hammer, hand-type hacksaw
Measuring and testing means
Steel rule
Auxiliary means
Vise, cylindric striking support f 69 mm, ferrule
Previous knowledge required
Manual material working: Measuring, testing, scribing, hammering, sawing, filing
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Sequence of operations |
Comments |
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1. Prepare the working place and make available the working material. |
Check completeness. |
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2. Clamp beaker jacket of Instruction Example 2.5. and shorten seam on one side. |
Stage (1) |
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3. Fabricate outside flanging. |
Stage (2) |
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Start and finish flanging on anvil. |
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4. Check diameter 80 mm of bottom sheet |
Stage (3) |
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Rework, if need be. |
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5. Scribe bottom sheet for flanging, tightly clamp on cylindric striking support and flange edge. |
Stage 4 |
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Insert ferrule and striking support f 69 mm. |
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6. Put bottom sheet on beaker (flanged side). |
Stage 5 |
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7. Joint bottom sheet and beaker by bottom seam. |
Stage 6 |
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First, fold short bottom sheet piece, then clamp it under the jacket seam and finish folding. |
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8. Check bottom seam. |
Shape. |
