Rolling Sheet Metal Into Cone

Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark.

Rolling sheet metal into cone. Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be. Cones can be produced from a single piece of steel or in segments. It a job that requires a little skill and a lot of patience. Steel plate is formed into cones primarily by either rolling the plate in a plate roll or forming the plate with radius dies in a press brake.

Cone bending on revolution machine tools r smart 6 709 plate roll presented by atakan nerminer for more info. Overlap one cut side onto the other. The burned out shaped is formed into cones primarily by either rolling the plate in a plate roll or forming the plate with radius dies in a press brake. Video showing the processes involved in producing a steel cone.

Depending on how deep you want the cone stop where needed. The major diameter is 87 5 inches and the minor diameter 55 inches. Beginning at the cut push the pieces of sheet over each other. Some companies step brake lines into the metal but this usually leaves kinks at each place the plate is hit.

Net weight per piece lbs. Place the tip of your marker. The cone was made in two halves. As you do this you will see the circle begin to contract into a cone.

Sheet metal cone calculator. How to roll a metal cone step 1. View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections. The string should be.

It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material.