Greetings from Central Europe

[bdidier]

Dear All Metal Shaping members,

I am junior technical drafter in a construction company.
We mostly manufacture aluminium and steel constructions for buildings and facades.
The company I work for, recently bought sheet metal cutting bending machines. For a few of us, they look like some kind sacred objects, as up until now we ordered all flat/bend sheets from external suppliers. I work from Austria.

I am curious and looking forward to read and learn more bout sheet metal shaping from this knowledgeable community.
Maybe one day, I get to work in the production, on those "sacred" CNC/bending machines. I have started reading online some basics of sheet metal bending (Bend allowance calculation, k-factor). But still it is always useful when I can read about experiences of other users. And maybe get an answer to sheet-metal question, I would like to ask.

I graduated from 5 years technical high-school, a year ago.

In my free time, I enjoy swimming, water colour painting, and from time to time carpentry.

Thank you very much for the acceptance and for membership approval.

Kind regards,
Didier Bernard

[Jaroslav]

Hi Didier, you've come to the right place. Colleagues and I can answer many of your questions. As for CNC bending machines... they can't do it yet. My motto is "Where 21st century technology ends, we begin". A 3D curve from sheed metal is an insoluble problem for a CNC machine. It will take a while....

[bdidier]

Hi Jaroslav,

My apologies for taking me too long to answer.
And thank you very much for wishing me a welcome.

Originally Posted by Jaroslav

My motto is "Where 21st century technology ends, we begin". A 3D curve from sheed metal is an insoluble problem for a CNC machine. It will take a while....

This sounds great! A T-short can be mode with that slogan.

Thank you once again Jaroslav for the welcome

[Jaroslav]

Didier. I have that slogan in my official advertisement. It came about during negotiations about cooperation with a large company. They said I couldn't do it because I was alone..... After a few months they called and it didn't matter anymore.

[123pugsy]

Originally Posted by Jaroslav

Hi Didier, you've come to the right place. Colleagues and I can answer many of your questions. As for CNC bending machines... they can't do it yet. My motto is "Where 21st century technology ends, we begin". A 3D curve from sheed metal is an insoluble problem for a CNC machine. It will take a while....

Jaro, hate to say it but there is a machine that can make shapes now.

[Jaroslav]

I know it Pugsy. I'm watching it carefully. It still requires a lot of investment and a team of people. Before a single piece is created, a lot of preparation is needed. Yes, the results are great. So far, the parts are limited in size. To assemble the parts into a whole, you need a human expert again. So far, I'm not afraid of machines.
I'm curious how they make 3mm stainless steel. We don't have a problem with that here and we shape them to the size we need.
So my motto still applies.