How To Adjust Sheet Metal Brake

Check clamping pressure by placing test strips in the brake about 3 or 4 inches away from each end of the brake.

How to adjust sheet metal brake.

Use test strips of metal approximately 3 inches by 3 inches each of the thickness you will be forming for the following adjustments. Lock the brake down. Figure 5 the perfect setting is obtained when the bending leaf is held up to the angle of the finished bend and there is one material thickness between the bending leaf and the nose radius piece. Release clamping handles sufficiently to allow material to pass between the top leaf and the bed.

For clamp adjustment here are some suggestions. Adjust top leaf with top adjustment on side that is overbending. Adjust the nose gap by turning the large brake nose gap adjustment knobs at the rear of the upper jaw to achieve its proper alignment. Do this on both sides of the brake.

Adjust by means of clamping handle adjusting nuts as shown. Set the clamping pressure so that it is enough to keep the material from slipping during a bend. Tighten down each casting with the allen wrench until it is just tight enough that you can t pull it out. Radius set back refers to the distance between the leading edge of the clamp and the inside edge of the apron.

Instructions how to use a sheet metal brake machine 1 unclamp handles j slightly on side that is overbending. Step 1 check clamping pressure by clamping test strips in the brake approximately 3 or 4 inches away from each end of the brake.