Bend allowance calculator
Bend allowance, bend deduction and flat length for a press brake part, with K-factor guidance by material.
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Every calculator here runs in your browser on the same rules we use to quote: bend allowance from the material and die, tonnage from shear strength, coating cost from area and masking. Each one includes the formula, a worked example and the assumptions that make it wrong.
Bend allowance, bend deduction and flat length for a press brake part, with K-factor guidance by material.
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