Flow Forming Sheet Metal

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Flow forming sheet metal.

The innovative sheetmetal joining technology provides positive technical and economical benefits. With its polygonal tip geometry it forms a extruding hole and taps a thread. In this study a fully annealed aluminum alloy 6061tubular preform was cold flow formed by using three rollers with a single pass forming. We form one piece component shapes which nobody else can.

This metal forming process enables pmf to manufacture finished parts using less material and therefore it is cost effective. The complete flow forming kit shown above includes one 1 new taylor 4x rivet gun one short tool not shown one long tool a special quick clamp spring for using the tools plus all six inserts we make. Metal forming lubricants and more. This thread is able to accept a metric screw if it ever needs repair.

Kent does bead forming louvers doming and dishing and even makes offsets hems and artwork with these tools. In sheet metal forming higher stress and strain levels are encountered than are typically achievable in a uniaxial tension test. Both metal spinning and flow forming can make workpieces from just a few inches in diameter up to several feet in diameter and lengths. Flowforming enables the one piece construction of assemblies and saves money in material inventory tooling and assembly.

The flowform screw heats up and penetrates the sheet metal. In fact flow forming can be considered to be a specialized kind of spinning process. Flow forming is an advanced chip less incremental metal forming process which employs point deformation technique used to produce dimensionally precise long tubes. Global metal spinning solutions inc denn usa metal forming.

As the world s premier flowforming manufacturer pmf can produce component shapes beyond the means of conventional metal forming at a more economical price.