Mechanical Sheet Shearing Machine

Shearing machines are the equipment used to get the material down to a workable size whether it's for a later punching operation or directly to a press brake for forming.The machine used is called a squaring shear, power shear, or guillotine. The machine may be foot powered, less commonly hand powered, or mechanically or hydraulically powered. It works by first clamping the material with a ram. A moving blade then comes down across a fixed blade to shear the material.Shear is an inclination between two cutting edges used for the purpose of reducing the required shear force. A shear is a tool for cutting metal and other materials by a closing motion of two sharp, closely adjoining edges.