Tag: Sheet metals

  • Common types of metals and their properties

    Common types of metals and their properties

    Metals are among the materials that are commonly used and are also the most extracted. Understanding the unique characteristics of each metal that is extracted can help you determine whether you are using it appropriately and which metals should be recycled and which should be scrapped. A metal is a substance that, when freshly produced,…

  • Understanding malleability

    Understanding malleability

    A material is said to be malleable if it is easy to roll or hammer a thin sheet out of it. In other words, the substance can deform under compressive force. A common test for malleability is if a substance can be rolled or blown into a thin sheet. Metals do not possess this property. Malleable…

  • Different Types of Sheet Metal Operations with diagram

    Different Types of Sheet Metal Operations with diagram

    Modern industrial processes rely heavily on sheet metal forming techniques, which allow flat metal sheets to be transformed into intricate three-dimensional structures. To deform and manipulate sheet metal into desired forms, sizes, and configurations, these procedures include the use of a variety of techniques, tools, and machinery. Among other industries, sheet metal forming is essential…

  • Understanding the common types of metal, their properties & uses

    Understanding the common types of metal, their properties & uses

    A metal is a material that is good at conducting electricity and heat. Metal has a brilliant appearance when it is freshly created, polished, or shattered. Metals can be pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets (malleable) (ductile). Metals have a high melting point and are less prone to disintegrate when exposed to extreme…

  • Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Powder metallurgy is one of the important course mechanical engineers must know. Products made of this material are common around us most especially auto parts. Powder metallurgy comprises a family of production technologies, used to manufacture components of various types. Besides, powder metallurgy which is abbreviated as PM is a term covering a wide range…

  • Understanding the processing and fabrication of plastics

    Understanding the processing and fabrication of plastics

    The processing and fabrication of plastics involve various stages. Plastics today have become inevitable in our daily life, which has caused the demand for plastic to be drastically high. Plastic industries would prefer to recycle plastic materials and convert them into something different. For example, the conversion of plastic pellets into films or the conversion…

  • Everything you need to know about plastic

    Everything you need to know about plastic

    When we look everywhere around us, we must find plastics. They make lives easier, safer, cleaner, and even more enjoyable. They are term commonly used to describe a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials which is used in different applications. Plastics can be found in our houses, clothes, cars, toys, screens, medical equipment, etc.…

  • Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Riveting is a permanent cold-joining process that is widely used in the manufacturing world. It’s the best alternative and more economical than welded and glued joints. Before the wide use of welding, riveting was the main joining method used in the construction of metal bridges, boilers (tight stress-relieved to tight strong joints), low-pressure tanks (requiring…

  • Everything you need to know about keys and keyways (keyed joints)

    Everything you need to know about keys and keyways (keyed joints)

    In the mechanical engineering field, keyed joints are made up of keys and keyways. These keys can be machined into different forms depending on the type of key joints required. Keyways are machined surfaces on a shaft in the dimension of the key. They are fixed together to ensure no pulling apart of components and…

  • Everything you need to know about cam and follower

    Everything you need to know about cam and follower

    In mechanical engineering, a higher pair links mechanism is known as a cam and follower mechanism. The cam and follower are machined types of roller or needle bearings designed to work on each other. They come in a vast array of various configurations and they work depending on their applications and final output. Today you’ll…

  • Understanding automotive braking system

    Understanding automotive braking system

    The automotive system will have been a killing instrument if not for the braking system designed for it. Braking systems have been in existence ever since the first design of automobiles. The system inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. Over the years, the advancement of technology has brought different designs and types…

  • Everything you need to know about industrial metal finishing processes

    Everything you need to know about industrial metal finishing processes

    The metal finishing process is a topic that can’t be left untreated as almost everything around us is made of some type of metal or contains a metal part on them. metal has played a key role in our lives for thousands of years till date and its benefits have an effect on every technological…

  • Different types of rolling mills and defects in rolled metal

    Different types of rolling mills and defects in rolled metal

    Rolling is one of the important processes in the engineering world, it is available in different types of suitable specific operations. Like other manufacturing process defects also occurs in rolled products which we have to discuss with them in order to prevent them. Today we’ll be looking at the various types of rolling mills as…

  • Hot and Cold Rolling Process

    Hot and Cold Rolling Process

    Rolling is a common and compulsory process that is done in the manufacturing world for applications that involve the use of sheet metals. The rolling process is a metalworking process that helps to reduce the thickness of metal and make the thickness uniform. Today we’ll be looking at the classification of a rolling process which…

  • The working principle of rolling and its processes

    The working principle of rolling and its processes

    Rolling is carryout on a rolling mill and can be performed in two ways; hot and cold process. The rolling mill consists of two more working rollers, supporting rollers, roll stands, a drive motor, a flywheel, a reducing gear, a coupling gear, etc. The rollers may be plain or grooved depending upon the shape of…

  • Everything you need to know about rolling process

    Everything you need to know about rolling process

    Rolling in metalworking is a metal forming process that helps to reduce the thickness of metal and make the thickness uniform. The metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the material. Rolling is classified according to the temperature of the metal rolled, it is a hot rolling if the…

  • Different types of sheet metals work tools

    Different types of sheet metals work tools

    So far so good on this important topic we’ve dealing with for some time now, sheet metals.  It is basically explained as a special type of metal formed by industrial processes into flat and thin pieces. Metalworkers has found this workpiece important as its purpose in fabrication project cannot be overlooked. If you’ve been with…

  • Different types of sheet metal forming processes

    Different types of sheet metal forming processes

    Sheet metal is one of the most essential materials used in almost all applications that surround us today. They are of different types with different properties, making their forming process and uses broad. Sheet metals are seen on automobile and truck (lorry) bodies, medical tables, airplane fuselages, and wings, roofs for buildings (architecture), and many…

  • Everything you need to know about sheet metals

    Everything you need to know about sheet metals

    The sheet metal is one of the important and known metals in the engineering world, as they serve a lot of purpose in our daily life. Sheet metals are very common as they can be seen on cars, machinery, house facades, and furniture. It is mostly seen on parts serving as housing. In this article,…

  • Heat treatment process of steel

    Heat treatment process of steel

    The common heat treatment process of steel-like knives includes hardening, tempering, annealing, normalizing, and case hardening. Heat treatment is the process in which the properties of metals are changed to a desired one. Today you’ll get to know the heat treatment process of steel and how to heat treating knives. Read more: 3 Stages of Heat…