Introduction

Sheet metal forming is a process where materials

undergo permanent deformation by cold forming to
produce a variety of complex three dimensional shapes.
Types of Sheet Metal Forming Operations

1.Cutting
2.Bending
3.Drawing
 Cutting Operation

Cutting process is used to separate large sheets into

smaller pieces, to cut out a part or to make holes in
part.

1. Shearing

2. Blanking and Punching

 Shearing Process

Shearing process is a sheet metal cutting operation

along a straight line between two cutting edges by
means of a power shear.
 Blanking and Punching Process

Blanking is a process in which a flat, geometric shape (or

“blank”) is created by feeding a sheet metal into a press
and die.

Punching is a separating technique, mainly used to process

holes into flat materials like paper, plastic film or sheet
metals.
 Blanking and Punching Process
If the part that is cut out is the desired product, the
operation is called blanking and the product is called blank.
If the remaining stock is the desired part, the operation is
called punching
 Bending Operation

A process by which a straight length is transformed

into a curved length.

Examples: Drums, tank, channels.

- sheet metal is bent between a V-shaped punch and die.
Punch Press Bending
 Drawing Operation
Drawing is a sheet-metal-forming operation used to make
cup-shaped, box-shaped, or other complex-curved and
concave parts.
 Drawing Process

It is performed by placing a piece of sheet metal over a

die and then pushing the metal into the opening with a
punch. (Pressing into desired shaped).