Advanced Sheet Metal Design _Bracket

Title: Advanced Sheet Metal Design Using NX Cad _Bracket

Objective: To model the Bracket in the NX CAD Application

Introduction:

Sheet Metal:

• Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin, flat pieces. Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking, and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes.
• They are widely used because of their higher strength despite having low weight and their corrosion to resistance

NX CAD:

• The most powerful, flexible, and innovative product development solution in the industry, NX for Design has the features, performance, and capabilities to help us get products to market faster than ever before.

Design Methodology:

Tools and Features:

• Contour Flange: It is used to obtained flanges in the shape of Z or L
• Break Corner: Cutting the sheet metal in a circular manner
• Normal CutOut: cutting the sheet of profile normally
• Unbend: Sheet metal at bent surfaces is unbent
• Rebend: Unbent surface is rebent
• Bead: Profile is beaded for strengthening the sheet metal
• Hole: Used to create holes on the sheet metal part
• Flat Pattern: used to get flat sheet metal of the design for manufacturing

Model views:

Drawing:

Conclusion: Bracket is designed using NX CAD application