Stiffening Rib Sheet Metal

Each groove bead or line will compound the strength and can also add a design to the panel.

Stiffening rib sheet metal.

The stiffening rib is added to the bracket at the bending stage by separating the bottom bend blocks and inserting a metal strip in the gap which then forms a rib at the same time as the angle bend. 1 thereof a flat sheet metal panel 10 is shown having in tersecting v shaped stiffener ribs formed therein utilizing the method according to this invention. Apr 13 2017 sheet metal brackets with stiffening ribs. After all arc welding often is the best joining option for the product.

Allows fabricator to reduce sheet metal thickness without compromising the strength and rigidity of the product. Pressing grooves ribs or designs into a piece of sheet metal will greatly increase the strength. If so perhaps a rib or offset would suffice. Forms the sheet metal to create a rib that can be used to stiffen the sheet metal to reduce sheet flex.

Panel w stiffening ribs flat panel snap on standing seam metal roofing system galvanized galvalume aluminum zinc stainless and copper kynar 500 finish with up to a thirty year warranty continuous length panels optional stiffening ribs and striations recommended to minimize oil canning not. The stretched metal in those areas will hold tension in the panel and give it structural rigidity. The sheet metal designer should never set out to eliminate welding. In this case the stiffening rib could be formed with an offset tool on the press brake if the brake has sufficiently high tonnage for the job or a form.