Fundamentals of Press Brake Tooling

Ben Rapien draws on 45 years of work with press brake tooling to explain the basics of forming good sheet-metal parts on a press brake. The guide covers how to choose suitable tooling, how to work out the minimum requirements a machine must meet, how to calculate blank sizes and how to arrive at a workable bend sequence. Although the material rests on an engineering foundation, Rapien simplifies the technical concepts so that press brake users can follow the forming techniques involved. His advice comes from real-world experience and is built around the real parameters that decide whether a formed part meets quality standards.

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