Roll Forming Tech Cell

Welcome to the Roll Forming Tech Cell. Here you will find information on roll forming lines, roll forming software, and roll forming tooling.

What's on the horizon for roll forming?

The roll forming industry is not as straight forward as it used to be. Customers demand more sophisticated shapes and quicker turnarounds. Johnson Bros. Metal Forming, Berkeley, Ill., has rolled with the changes over the past 25 years and now sees an exciting future serving the solar equipment industry.

Roll forming: In search of the perfect metal forming application

Four processes are primarily used to form metal in industry today: extruding, press brake bending, roll forming, and stamping. Roll forming is likely the least used of all of these processes, but given the right applications, it can prove to be the most cost-effective alternative.

Roll forming gets flexible

Roll forming technology has adapted to a manufacturing market that demands short runs and quick response.

Rotary punching revisited

New ways to increase production, reduce labor costs, and maximize floor space may be found by revisiting a 50-year old technology—rotary punching. Many part features and patterns can be punched and formed using pull-through rotary units at up to 300 feet per minute(FPM) in materials as thick as 1/16 inch. In addition, cam technology allows rotary punching and forming of material thicknesses...

Roll forming multiple gauges with precision

Compensating for gauge changes in precision roll forming doesn't necessarily require significant investment. Spaces, the use of gauge spacers, and other technique can help when roll forming parts of multiple gauges.

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End forming/roll forming machine offers new control system, includes maintenance diagnostics

Manchester Tool & Die Inc. has introduced the model M10-H3-R end forming/roll forming machine, featuring standard MTD components and using the same tooling as the M71-H-3 and 24008 machines. The unit offers the new HMI programmable, flexible control system and includes diagnostics for...

End forming/roll forming machine offers new control system, includes maintenance diagnostics

Manchester Tool & Die Inc. has introduced the model M10-H3-R end forming/roll forming machine, featuring standard MTD components and using the same tooling as the M71-H-3 and 24008 machines. The unit offers the new HMI programmable, flexible control system and includes diagnostics for...

Portable hemming unit forms 180-degree hems

Roll-Kraft has released a portable hemming unit. The machine forms 180-degree hems on the edges of a flat strip of metal. Hems are found primarily on lighter-gauge material to strengthen the profile or improve safety in handling. Typically, the hems are formed before the metal strip is...

System provides precision roll formed parts at high speeds

Dreistern's Start-Stop® technology provides precision roll formed parts at high production speeds. In the Start-Stop mode, the advancing profile is stopped briefly during the cutoff and punching operations, after which the profile is accelerated to normal operating speed. All punching...

Roll forming machine offers changeover flexibility

Tru-Tech Tool & Machine Corp. has developed the Drop In Quick Change, a roll forming machine that allows three methods for changeover from one set of roll tooling to another. In one method, the system removes individual raft plates with four stations each, complete with tooling. The second...

Roll former designed for metal building manufacturers

Hayes Intl. has introduced the TrimLine™ roll former designed for metal building manufacturers. The roll former is suitable for shops that need more trim than can be efficiently produced by folders or press brakes. The roll formers feature full OSHA guarding, quick-adjust bearing guides,...