Rolling Sheet Metal Into Cone

Video showing the processes involved in producing a steel cone.

Rolling sheet metal into cone.

Net weight whole cone lbs. To demonstrate the correct method of setting up pinch rolls. The cone was made in two halves. Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be.

Depending on how deep you want the cone stop where needed. The burned out shaped is formed into cones primarily by either rolling the plate in a plate roll or forming the plate with radius dies in a press brake. Below is a picture of a cone that is being used as a tub. The string should be.

Cone bending on revolution machine tools r smart 6 709 plate roll presented by atakan nerminer for more info. Steel plate is formed into cones primarily by either rolling the plate in a plate roll or forming the plate with radius dies in a press brake. Some companies step brake lines into the metal but this usually leaves kinks at each place the plate is hit. Overlap one cut side onto the other.

Cones can be produced from a single piece of steel or in segments. Sheet metal cone calculator. It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material. As you do this you will see the circle begin to contract into a cone.

How to roll a metal cone step 1. Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark. View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections. The major diameter is 87 5 inches and the minor diameter 55 inches.

Beginning at the cut push the pieces of sheet over each other.