Industrial press brake bending thick steel - GIF

Industrial press brake bending thick steel.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...472#post205047
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...677#post225808
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...253#post184890
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...822#post137091
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...696#post223337

Impressive, how do that close up that final gap for welding?

An expensive way to make pipe!

Mark

It could possibly make a fairly good submersible...

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Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko

An expensive way to make pipe!

Mark

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Not really, considering how much it would cost to lay in a complete pipe making production line for a pipe of that size and thickness which could be in the of millions of dollars, just for a pipe making line capable of producing pipe nowhere near as thick as that one.
Obviously still not cheap for a press break that large plus a clamping machine to close the final gap a submerged arc welding system that would be mounted on a long pole to be sent to weld the inside and then the outside of the seam, but you would still have be able to weld the seam on a pipe production line, the exception being a seamless pipe forging line.
It all boils down to nothing is cheap when dealing with big and or thick materials.

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

It could possibly make a fairly good submersible...

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Actually this is not nearly strong enough for 15,000 feet. 15,000 Ft ÷ 33ft/atm ≈ 455 atmospheres x 14 psi ≈ 6000+ psi.

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2500 is a lot less than 6000!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by hemmjo

Actually this is not nearly strong enough for 15,000 feet. 15,000 Ft ÷ 33ft/atm ≈ 455 atmospheres x 14 psi ≈ 6000+ psi.

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Attachment 45841

2500 is a lot less than 6000!!!!!!

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If this is 4"/100mm thick with perfect welds and appropriate ends put on, it would be crushed at about 5700 feet/1750m according to this. That amount of pressure is very hard to imagine. Wow.