Hydroforming Sheet Metal

In hydroforming a metal blank is first placed on a ring.

Hydroforming sheet metal.

One of the largest applications of hydroforming is the automotive industry which makes use of the complex shapes made possible by hydroforming to produce stronger lighter and more rigid unibody structures for vehicles. For more than 40 years hydroform usa has led the way in all sheet metal applications by employing lean practices to manage large build packages including stretch forming brake and roll forming hydro forming cnc machining and chem paint. This virtually eliminates the need for downstream finishing or polishing. Hydroforming is a cost effective way of shaping ductile metals such as aluminium brass low alloy steel and stainless steel into lightweight structurally stiff and strong pieces.

Hydroforming sheet metal is a process developed to manufacture short to medium run quantities of deep drawn parts and compliments other techniques of metal forming for example metal spinning stamping and fabrications. This technique is particularly popular with the high end sports car industry and is also frequen. Leading integration of manufacturing and assembly for the aerospace industry. Because hydroforming sheet metal employs high pressure hydraulic fluid to form parts to a cavity instead of a punch pieces emerge with a near perfect quality finish free of burrs or scuffs.

Hydroforming is a quick efficient and reasonably priced metal forming technique that produces structurally strong components with minimum material wastage. It is the preferred technique for shaping intricate components from ductile metals.