Flow Forming Sheet Metal

The innovative sheetmetal joining technology provides positive technical and economical benefits.

Flow forming sheet metal.

In sheet metal forming higher stress and strain levels are encountered than are typically achievable in a uniaxial tension test. In this study a fully annealed aluminum alloy 6061tubular preform was cold flow formed by using three rollers with a single pass forming. With its polygonal tip geometry it forms a extruding hole and taps a thread. 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. The flowform screw heats up and penetrates the sheet metal. Global metal spinning solutions inc denn usa metal forming.

Flow forming today produces parts for the nuclear oil and gas chemical and medical industries among others. Both metal spinning and flow forming can make workpieces from just a few inches in diameter up to several feet in diameter and lengths. Kent does bead forming louvers doming and dishing and even makes offsets hems and artwork with these tools. As the world s premier flowforming manufacturer pmf can produce component shapes beyond the means of conventional metal forming at a more economical price.

Flowforming enables the one piece construction of assemblies and saves money in material inventory tooling and assembly. Metal forming lubricants and more. Better yet with our extensive range of processes we can make more than just traditional cones and cylinders. Input of flow curves as a function of plastic strain strain rate and temperature in most cases flow curves are determined using uniaxial tension tests.

We form one piece component shapes which nobody else can.