Folding Small Parts The Easy Way

If you have to fold a lot of little parts
(width under 100mm), the best way to fold them is to have then nested using micro joints (0.5mm not cut)

As you can see the example part has 3 folds on it. Lets say we want a total of 6 parts, which is 18 folds.  If we join multiple parts together we can reduce this folding in this example to 8 folds.
Folding will be easier as well as it is easier to manage larger pieces.

This technique is a blessing when you have a 1000 parts you have to fold. Conventionally folding you make 3000 folds or by using micro joints it is now only 1200 folds.

Example
10 parts joined together with micro joints
or 100 pieces of 10 parts
2 folds per piece = 200 folds
+ additional fold on each part = 1000 folds
Totaling 1200 folds instead of 3000 folds

Breaking the micro joints are easy as the metal has folds on it so it doesn't deflect and just breaks the joints.

It is worth thinking out side the square!