Sheet metal cone calculator.
How to roll a sheet metal cone.
Draw a circle on the sheet metal with a pencil compass.
The pencil will make the circle and the slight indentation where the compass has.
Multiply the large dia.
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.
How to bend a cone from sheet metal.
It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material.
How to roll a metal cone step 1.
Place the tip of your marker.
Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark.
Cut this circle out with your sheet metal shears.
Wear gloves for this since the edges of the metal can.
Some companies step brake lines into the metal but this usually leaves kinks at each place the plate is hit.
By the vertical height divide this product by the difference first obtained large dia and small dia this will give you the length of the center line you need from the top of the cone to the intersecting point a large dia small dia 20 8 12.
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.
View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections.