Consider a sheet with a 20 mm thickness and a length of 300 mm as shown in Figure 1. As I mentioned in my last post you need to do some tests to calculate these values for a specific sheet. These tests include bending some samples and then do some measurements and calculations.
Calculating Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction, and K-Factor By Saeed Mojarad (CSWE) June 6, 2017 SOLIDWORKS Tech Tips + Leave a Comment In my previous post I talked about KFactor, Bend Allowance and Bend Deduction and what they mean in sheet metal design. Now let’s see how we can obtain these values for a specific sheet. Calculating Bend Allowance, Bend Deduction, and KFactor HOME TECH TIPS SOLIDWORKS 2017 CATEGORIES Search for Tech Tips.