Cutting metal is often an efficient way to produce metal goods, but it disrupts the integrity of the metal. The sharp cuts carve straight through the internal grain structure, which is part of what gives steel and other alloys their long-lasting strength. Metal forming processes preserve that grain structure by bending and shaping the metal to meet specifications instead of slicing right through the bar or sheet.
Fabrication Services, Inc. specializes in high-quality metal forming processes that help metal goods preserve their strength while meeting the exacting shapes and specifications of modern manufacturing demands. Take a closer look at how the precision science of metal forming can bring your products to life by optimizing both quality and manufacturability.
Metal Forming Methods
Fabrication Services provides extensive metal forming services, with different options available based on the needs of your preferred alloys, your budget, and the dimensions of your final production. Three of the most popular metal forming methods that preserve, or even enhance, metal’s strength are bending, press braking, and rolling.
Bending
Metal bending is a broad category of manufacturing operations. It encompasses different techniques and equipment designed to bend metal workpieces on a linear axis, which include common options such as air bending, bottom bending, joggling or wiping, V- or U-bending, and coining.
Press Braking
Press brakes are powerful machines that press forcefully on a metal workpiece sandwiched between a top and bottom die, deforming and shaping the metal into very precise bends. CNC press brakes use computer-controlled systems to eliminate human error and variances while simultaneously speeding up production.
Rolling
Manufacturers can shape metal by moving it through pairs of rollers that reduce the material thickness to create long, uniform parts with strict dimensions. Hot rolling operations heat the metal above approximately 1000°F, which is above the recrystallization temperature for most metals or alloys. Additionally, these operations generate a new internal grain or crystal structure. Cold rolling happens at room temperature, but the forces can elevate the temperature of the metal.
Our technicians can work with your team to determine the right metal forming processes for any stage of production.
Metal Forming Materials
Metal forming processes can reshape a wide range of metals through plastic deformation, and Fabrication Services, Inc. works with many types of metal to produce workpieces and products for multiple industries.
We frequently work with the following to produce standard and custom goods:
- Metal plates
- Sheet metal
- Steel workpieces and stock, including carbon steel and stainless steel
- Aluminum for soft-metal extrusions
Our Metal Forming Services
Industrial manufacturers choose Fabrication Services, Inc. because of our extensive in-house fabrication capabilities for sheet metal, plates, and heavy or overused metal workpieces. Our metal forming services include rolling and bending, which we perform in-house with our advanced equipment. We maintain a 25,000-square-foot metalworking facility, and we work with plates up to 2” thick and 10′ wide.
Along with our extensive mechanical and metal forming capabilities, clients choose us because of our proven commitment to quality and safety. Our company is ASME certified, is a certified WBENC, and holds a long safety record with no reportable accidents for over 15 years. We also provide in-house custom metal fabrication and metal rolling so you can work with one fabrication partner to keep your projects under tight quality control.
Contact Fabrication Services, Inc. to Learn More
Since 1970, Fabrication Services, Inc. has been a leading provider of safe, reliable, and powerful metal forming capabilities. We serve the aerospace, agriculture, construction, defense, electronics, HVAC, oil and gas, solar, and tube and pipe industries with precision metal goods.
Contact us today to tell us what you’re looking for in a metal forming services provider, or request a quote to start your order.
