Compound Curved Sheet Metal

Compound curve is a non directional panel system allowing installers more control during installation over seam layout and symmetry of the panel area.

Compound curved sheet metal.

It s the very of what we do and we do it very well. Ductwork for ventilation and pneumatic transfer of material. With compound bending a steel member is bent along both its strong and weak axes. Common sense says that the graceful compound curves to be seen in them could hardly have been achieved by a sheet metal shop doing heating and ventilating ductwork.

At home i m planning a project to build a camper trailer. The panel and the seam cover. Compound curve panels utilize a 5 8 high panel leg with a button punched to achieve the desired taper and radius. Is there a way to take a sheet metal flat pattern and form it into a compound curve.

The system is designed with two components. Sorry i was slacking on some of the camera work. A foot operated control allows speed and power of strokes to be varied. The top will be flat and a simple one axis curve.

We currently generate a visual representation of the wings using a thickened surface that is approximately inserted. I am trying to generate an accurate sheet metal version of the 2 wings that are highlighted below is blue. The most metal working i ve done is simple flat and simple curved sheet metal for aircraft. The steel bending of many shapes including angle tube beam bar channel sheet and plate can be formed into compound curves that are true and plumb.

Most shops shy away from this kind of work but advanced metal fabrication is right there in our name. As the hammering sometimes makes very loud noise ear protectors are worn. Compound curve cc10 is a non structural curved snap on seam system. Unlike helical bending the material is not also being twisted while changing planes.

Curved sheet metal has an almost limitless number of custom sheet metal bending applications. Also called elevation and plan view curve or camber and sweep or hard way and easy way compound bends are commonly used in canopies arched roofs on curved steel buildings and domes. The wheel pants often installed on volume produced light planes are made by fastening together right and left halves made of aluminum formed to shape by matching dies installed in a type of machine called a drop press. Sheet metal and plate metal can be bent into a compound curve that matches the needs of any project.

Works sheet metal into compound curves rapidly but not as smoothly as does the english wheel. The sides will be slab sided aluminum 22 gauge i think was what i planned a while back.