Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Emergence of High Strength Steel Forming Machines

The demand for lighter vehicles following the 1970 fuel crisis led to the growing need for high strength steel, specially fabricated for the automotive industry. This called for the development of specialized pressing tools that can fabricate advanced high strength low alloy steel to produce different parts used in manufacturing cars, trucks and buses.



Today, we have special steel roll forming machines that continuously bend strips of steel or steel sheet into the desired cross sectional shape. This results in the production of automobile body panels like high strength steel plates conforming to steel specifications of the manufacturer. The roll forming machines used for fabricating advanced high strength low alloy steel need to feature harder die tools, also known as roller dies, as the press needs to be stronger and more accurate. A quality metal roll forming machine can produce high strength low alloy steel parts in large quantities or with long lengths and thus perfect for use in the automotive industry. It can fabricate rigid and high strength automotive parts from steel as heavy as 6 gauge. It can also be used to produce metal building components, studs, supports, angles, as well as roll formed channels like C-channels, U-channels, and hat channels.

All leading automobile manufacturers have their own steel specifications and so get the roll forming machine custom built. They usually need steel fabricated parts that have greater strength-to-weight ratio which can not be obtained through other methods such as forging.

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