Flow Forming Sheet Metal

Flowforming enables the one piece construction of assemblies and saves money in material inventory tooling and assembly.

Flow forming sheet metal. The innovative sheetmetal joining technology provides positive technical and economical benefits. In this study a fully annealed aluminum alloy 6061tubular preform was cold flow formed by using three rollers with a single pass forming. Flow forming today produces parts for the nuclear oil and gas chemical and medical industries among others. We form one piece component shapes which nobody else can.

With its polygonal tip geometry it forms a extruding hole and taps a thread. This thread is able to accept a metric screw if it ever needs repair. The flowform screw heats up and penetrates the sheet metal. This metal forming process enables pmf to manufacture finished parts using less material and therefore it is cost effective.

Kent does bead forming louvers doming and dishing and even makes offsets hems and artwork with these tools. Better yet with our extensive range of processes we can make more than just traditional cones and cylinders. Both metal spinning and flow forming can make workpieces from just a few inches in diameter up to several feet in diameter and lengths. As the world s premier flowforming manufacturer pmf can produce component shapes beyond the means of conventional metal forming at a more economical price.

Global metal spinning solutions inc denn usa metal forming. 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. 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.

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