Neutral Line Sheet Metal

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Neutral line sheet metal.

K factor the location of the neutral axis in the material calculated as the ratio of the distance of the neutral axis t to the material thickness t. The neutral axis is the zone or plane that separates the tension from the compression. Neutral axis the location in the sheet that is neither stretched nor compressed and therefore remains at a constant length. When metal is bent the top section is going to undergo compression and the bottom section will be stretched.

Notice how the sheet has thinned at the bend. It is the area where the material neither stretches nor compresses in the bend. Look closely a figure 1. This is not only our largest facility which includes a store and more than a football field sized warehouse full of product and processing capabilities as well as the company s corporate.

Figure 2 after bending the bend area is 10 to 15 percent thinner than before bending. This thinning of the bend area moves the neutral line of the metal in towards the radius center. The neutral line is an imaginary line that passes somewhere close to the middle of the material. The neutral axis s behavior is the main reason the flat part needs to be smaller than the total of the formed piece s outside dimensions.

Its location in the material is a function of the forces used to form the part and the material yield and tensile strengths. The neutral line also called the neutral axis is an imaginary line that can be drawn through a cross section of the workpiece that represents the locus where no tensile nor compressive stresses are present on the work. Neutral axis an imaginary line that has the same length after bending as it had before bending. If the material did not stretch at all then the neutral line would be at 50 of the material.