RECORD LOCATED / 2026.08.02

Printed Press Brake Tooling

A deliberately temporary set of forming jaws for low-volume sheet work. The experiment is less about replacing steel than finding the threshold where a printed tool becomes useful.

EXP-0028REV A

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A CLOSER LOOK

Where a temporary forming tool meets the sheet

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A conceptual punch, sheet and V-die section identifies contact zones. No load rating, approved jaw shape or fabrication file is implied.Explanatory drawing based on this record

Upper tool: Printed forming jaw concept
Work: Sheet contact
Question: Useful threshold under testing

CLASSIFICATIONEXP

STATUSUNDER TEST

MATERIALNYLON

DISPOSITIONREQUEST PHYSICAL UNIT

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TECHNICAL NOTES///

Short-run forming tooling. The first jaw survived longer than expected.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY///

2026.08.02Rev A

First controlled bend completed.

2026.07.29Prototype

Jaw tip deformed on third attempt.

SPECIFICATION///

MaterialPA12 nylon

LoadEstimated 1.8 kN

Use case0.8 mm aluminum

DispositionTest article

RELEASED MATERIAL///

This entry is a notebook record. Original project files can be added as the work develops.

WHERE THIS STANDS

UNDER TEST

The record keeps what is known at this revision. Unfinished tests stay unfinished here.