The document discusses common stock forms that metals are processed into for efficient manufacturing and construction uses, including sheets, strips, wires, rods, tubes, and cross-sectional shapes like angles, channels, and I-beams. Standard stock forms are the most cost effective for designers to use as custom sizes require expensive adjustments. Common stock forms are the basics that engineering students need to understand for exam questions involving choosing the right metal shape for a given product or structure.
The document discusses common stock forms that metals are processed into for efficient manufacturing and construction uses, including sheets, strips, wires, rods, tubes, and cross-sectional shapes like angles, channels, and I-beams. Standard stock forms are the most cost effective for designers to use as custom sizes require expensive adjustments. Common stock forms are the basics that engineering students need to understand for exam questions involving choosing the right metal shape for a given product or structure.
The document discusses common stock forms that metals are processed into for efficient manufacturing and construction uses, including sheets, strips, wires, rods, tubes, and cross-sectional shapes like angles, channels, and I-beams. Standard stock forms are the most cost effective for designers to use as custom sizes require expensive adjustments. Common stock forms are the basics that engineering students need to understand for exam questions involving choosing the right metal shape for a given product or structure.
The document discusses common stock forms that metals are processed into for efficient manufacturing and construction uses, including sheets, strips, wires, rods, tubes, and cross-sectional shapes like angles, channels, and I-beams. Standard stock forms are the most cost effective for designers to use as custom sizes require expensive adjustments. Common stock forms are the basics that engineering students need to understand for exam questions involving choosing the right metal shape for a given product or structure.
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What is a stock form?
Metals are processed into a specific range of standard (or stock) shapes and sizes, which are available from metal suppliers. These shapes and sizes are those that are the most in demand from the building and manufacturing industry. Metals are not available in every possible shape and size because it would not be cost effective to make metals in shapes and sizes which few if anyone actually needs. Of course, metal manufacturers can produce metals in unique sizes and shapes to order, but this is extremely expensive, as it usually means a machine has to be adjusted to a non-standard setting or even designed and made to make the metal into the required shape/size. What are the most common shapes available? • Sheet (called plate when it is thicker i.e approximately 5 to 10mm thick and above) • Flat strip (narrow sections of sheet metal) • Wire: round ‘flexible’ material ranging from less than 1mm in diameter to 12mm (or more in high strength situations such as suspension bridges) • Rod: round, half round, square, rectangular, octagonal and hexagonal (called bar when approximately 10mm thick and above) • Tube: round, square, rectangular. • A range of different cross-sections: Angle, Channel, T bar, I Beam, etc. This industrial shelving unit is made from angle section steel. Angle section is stronger Working with stock forms than flat metal sections. Tubes are even Designers and engineers will always try to work with standard forms of material, as this is stronger, but much more expensive the most cost effective approach. For the exam you will need to know the names of these stock shapes (but you would not be expected to know what sizes they come in). Examples:
Task Present a single A4 page using PowerPoint, title: “Metal - Stock Forms”. Find example pictures of products made from at least 3 different stock forms of metals. Label the shape and explain why you think this shape has been chosen (see example above) Example exam ‘make’ question Made from (inc. stock form): Made from (inc. stock form): :
Made how: Made how:
SIGN MATERIAL WALL PLATE STAND-OFF
INNER FRAME WALL PLATE
Made from (inc. stock form): : Made from (inc. stock form): :
