Is there a way to heat sheet metal uniformly so that it does not bow once it reaches a certain temp? (need to go to ~600F)
2007-07-25 04:41:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Aluminum or Stainless
2007-07-25 05:11:10 · update #1
Factories routinely run into this sort of problem. The only guaranteed way to do this without buckling is to put the entire sheet inside a furnace of uniform temperature. If you don't have a furnace big enough to do this, you've got a problem. If I had to do this in my garage, I guess I'd find a way to use multiple torches uniformly on both sides. Another way this could be done is to preheat massive slabs, and sandwich the sheet metal. Better yet, massive slabs with holes or gaps, so that you can keep heating the slabs as the sheet metal is being sandwiched. The slabs can be made out of brick, doesn't have to be metal. Say, isn't this basically a large furnace anyway?
2007-07-25 05:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How big of a sheet? You could probably get pretty good uniformity by blowing hot air across the surface and gradually increasing the temperature.
2007-07-25 07:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by artmichalek 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What type of sheet metal, steel, aluminum, copper, etc.?
2007-07-25 04:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋