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Sheet metal bending process

A common forming process often used here at Qualitetch is sheet metal bending the required form into shape to create the metal component to your desired drawing. This works particularly well with photo etched flat blanks and ensures we keep everything in-house to ensure no additional sub con required for our customers.

The parts would be photo etched to your precise profile dimensions from sheet metal, then bent between two dies. The top die is called the punch and the metal is then formed whilst cold.

The two dies that become the form tool are then put in presses to create the force able to bend the raw material. Options at Qualitetch include a choice of manual fly & toggle presses, mechanical power presses and hydraulic presses, usually dependent on quantities and tolerances required. All these various press options offer different forming forces, which ensures we have availability to bend various thicknesses and metal types for all our customer needs.