Press Brake Technology is the most comprehensive text on press brakes to date. It brings advanced knowledge of its subject to engineering department, shop floor, and classroom. This comprehensive new book presents information in a non-machine specific format and establishes a base line reference, using the application of basic mathematics, trigonometry, and geometry to select die widths, establish precise bend deductions, and other aspects of press brake operation. It focuses on the machines, the procedures, the mathematics, the tools, and the safe procedures necessary to run an efficient press brake operation. Readers learn how to apply this knowledge to shop floor activities.
Preface
Chapter 1 : The Machine
Chapter 2 : Types of Bends
Chapter 3 : Tools of the Trade
Chapter 4 : The Controllers
Chapter 5 : Safety Tips
Chapter 6 : General Mathematics
Chapter 7 : Trigonometry (Right Angle)
Chapter 8 : Bend Functions
Chapter 9 : Flat Pattern Development
Chapter 10 : Reading Engineering Drawings
Chapter 11 : Notching
Chapter 12 : Program Writing
Chapter 13 : The Tooling
Chapter 14 : The Punches
Chapter 15 : The Dies
Chapter 16 : Special Purpose Tooling
Chapter 17 : Acute Angle Bends
Chapter 18 : Hemming and Seaming
Chapter 19 : Offset Tooling
Chapter 20 : Urethane Tooling
Chapter 21 : Machine Operations
Chapter 22 : Creative Solutions for Common Problems
Chapter 23 : Gaging
Chapter 24 : Pin Gaging
Chapter 25 : Deep Box Forming
Chapter 26 : Related Equipment
Chapter 25 : The Leaf Brake
Index
