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Like many other fabrication methods for stainlesssteel, bending can be done using the same equipment usedto bend other metals. A difference is that working hardeningrates may mean a need for more rigid equipment and higher powerlevels. Equally, equipment capacity will be much lower than forCarbon steels.
Likewise, is stainless steel easy to bend?
Chromium and nickel give stainless steel itsstain resistance and attribute to the hardness of the metal.This makes bending stainless steel with common hand toolsdifficult and a sheet metal brake is often required,although one technique to bend stainless steel using handtools works well on shorter length bends.
People also ask, can you heat and bend stainless steel?
There are two ways to bend stainless steel rod,one requires force and the other requires heat. If youdo not have access to a press brake, your other option is touse an oxy-acetylene torch to heat the rod and thenbend the heated area of the rod.
Most steel bars are either hot-rolled orcold-rolled; a cold rolled bar is shinier than a hot rolled bar,but is also harder to bend. Stainless steel is evenharder to bend. The stronger the steel, the more thebend will approximate a "V", while the weaker thesteel, the more the bend will look like a"U."