Forming A Cone From Sheet Metal

3 pinch rolls of various sizes and roll diameters allows rolling of cylinders and cones.

Forming 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. Here is one way to make a cone from flat stock. The applied force stresses the metal beyond its yield strength causing the material to plastically deform but not to fail. View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections.

Sheet metal cone calculator. Mo applications june 11 2016. Forming custom metal cones. Northern manufacturing is a sheet metal fabrication company specializing in stainless steel fabrication.

I used aluminum sheet coil but you could use paper or any flat material. You can find cone calculators online. Metal forming experts.