All urethane deflects under a load; the lower the durometer value (softer), the greater the deflection. As a brief aside, if ...

Before this tool was going more or less unused as it didn’t have features they needed for the production of their parts, namely a radius die or backstop.

Rather than rush out and buy tooling, he decided to 3D print his own instead! The press brake tools were printed on a standard Prusa i3, using regular PLA filament.

This class describes key factors that affect a bending operation on the press brake and also surveys the common types of forming and bending operations. Includes an Interactive Lab. Recommended for ...