Springback

No bend holds exactly the angle it was formed to. When the punch retracts, the elastically stored energy in the material relaxes and the part "springs back" to a slightly more open angle and larger radius.

Springback grows with higher material strength, larger bend radii, and thinner stock. Shops compensate by overbending (forming past the target angle), bottoming, or coining so the finished part lands on the nominal angle.