How To Make A Sheet Metal Drain Pan

Drainage pans for sheet metal.

How to make a sheet metal drain pan.

Given a starting face a dimple point and a dimple depth crease the face along the four crease lines to create a drainige pan or strengthening ribs. I won t be making an exact replica but rather a basic v shaped pan from cut folded and welded sheet metal. It also shows how selection of each will work for the customer s application. This is the last sheet metal project i assign in my level one manufacturing class.

Sheet metal tool tray. Drip pans are normally made in a giant hydraulic press that forms a single piece of sheet metal into a shallow pan like shape. This is the first multiple part project my students work with in class that they will have to assemble together. I like this project because it makes the students re.

Bending the corner on drain pans.