Greenlee / A Textron Company 10 4455BoeingDr.•Rockford,IL61109-2988USA•815-397-7070
1818 Mechanical Bender
Special Bending Information (cont’d)
Offsets: (Controlling the end of the second bend)
1. Gotothefollowingchartwhichisforthesizeandtypeofconduityouaretobend.
2. LookdowntheANGLEcolumnuntilyoucometotheangleyouwanttobendto.
3. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyZandpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
4. SubtractthisZdimensionfromthedesiredlength.
5. Placeyourrstmarkthisdistancefromtheendoftheconduit.
6. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyL1andpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
7. Placeasecondmarkthisdistancefromyourrstmark.
8. Makeyourrstbendafterplacingthefrontedgeofthehookontherstmarkandyoursecondbendafter
placingthefrontedgeofthehookonthesecondmark.
3 Bend Saddles:
1. Gotothefollowingchartwhichisforthesizeandtypeofconduityouaretobend.
2. LookdowntheANGLEcolumnuntilyoucometotheangleyouwanttobendto.
3. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyZandpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
4. SubtractthisZdimensionfromthedesiredlength.
5. Placeyourrstmarkthisdistancefromtheendoftheconduit.
6. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyL1andpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
7. Placeasecondmarkthisdistancefromyourrstmark.
8. LookatthenumbersintherowprecededbyL2andpicktheonethatisdirectlyundertheheight(H)youwant.
9. Placeathirdmarkthisdistancefromyoursecondmark.
10. Makeyourrstbendafterplacingthefrontedgeofthehookontherstmarkandyoursecondbendafter
placingthefrontedgeofthehookonthesecondmark.Remembertomakethesecondbenddoubletherst
bend.Makeyourthirdbendafterplacingthefrontedgeofthehookonthethirdmark.
←
L1
→
←
LENGTH – Z
→
←
HEIGHT
→
LENGTH TO END OF SECOND BEND
ANGLE
BENDING
MARK 1
BENDING
MARK 2
→
→
←
L1
→
←
LENGTH – Z
→
← →
←
LENGTH TO CENTER
→
ANGLE
BENDING
MARK 1
BENDING
MARK 2
→
→
BENDING
MARK 3
←
L2
→
HEIGHT