Rolling Sheet Metal Into A Cylinder

Inside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required.

Rolling sheet metal into a cylinder.

Thanks for your time dan. For bend in sheet metal work it is assumed that the sheet elongates. Additional plate may be required depending on the material thickness and the machinery used. It is simply calculated as pi d.

But your best option would be to start the part as cylinder make sure you leave a small slit then unfold make the cutout pattern and fold back to get the flat pattern. Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required. To develop the blank flat length for a cylinder rolled from sheet or plate is quite simple. I need to bend stainless sheet into a cylinder about 10 inches diameter and about 22 inches high.

I would be very grateful for any advice or alternative methods that i could use. I want to effectively roll the sheet up. Pi d 4t. Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc.

Windseaker1 sorry for being late getting back yes the bend formula works for rolling as well when you roll a plate you are bending it on a large radius the metal still has to shrink on the inside of the neutral line and stretch on the outside to get a finished diameter that you want you have to compensate by adding or subtracting part of the metal thickness from the neutral line. These cylinders were rolled to a precise diameter based on our customer s needs and then welded. Unfold and fold are tools in sheet metal. Outer diameter t thickness of sheet used.

Try sketch bend or flex feature. Hence the corrected value of developed length of sheet which are rolled for circular shape for manufacturing hollow cylinder is taken as. At jorgenson metal rolling forming we are capable of rolling steel plate and sheet metal to cylinders like these in 10ft long sections. As a moderately junior blacksmith and a welder of only 3 days i have a lot of experience with rebar and scrap steel and not a lot of experience with stainless sheet metal.