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Magnetic sheet metal brake Sheet Metal Hems
The term hemming has its origins in fabric making where the edge of cloth is folded back on itself and then stitched shut. In sheet metal hemming means to fold the metal back on itself. When working with a Brake Press hems are always created in a two step process: Create a bend with Acute Angle T...Read more -
Why is it called a press brake? It has to do with the origins of words BY STEVE BENSON
Question: Why is a press brake called a press brake? Why not a sheet metal bender or a metal former? Does it have to do with the old flywheel on mechanical brakes? The flywheel had a brake, like that on a car, allowing me to stop the motion of the ram before the forming of the sheet or plate bega...Read more