When it comes to Quality Steel Fabrication, hot forging is a process that provides high strength parts. It is a stamping technique that involves a punch and a high temperature die. It is possible to obtain the deformation of a part without heating the material. The machines and tools are very robust since the material is less malleable but this process allows fabrications.
Electromagnetic pulse forming
It is a method of shaping metals at high speed of deformation. A sheet is forced by a magnetic field to take the form of a matrix. This process also allows the crimping of tubes. It is a process used for hot forming of aluminum sheets. A sheet is heated uniformly and reaches a superplastic state that allows very large deformations. It is then placed on a matrix against which it is forced to deform by a gas pressure applied to a face. This process allows the deformation of large sheets without tearing or springback in addition to the creation of complex shapes.
Hydroforming is a shaping process that uses hydraulic pressure to force a tube or sheet into a matrix shape. It is a process that plastically deforms thin parts including plates and tubes.
The metal foam consists of a honeycomb structure containing a large volume of gas to increase the porosity of the material. Closed pore foams can be created with metal powders and foaming agent. Open pore foams are made by foundry or powder metallurgy.
Folding folds or folds a portion of a sheet (Quality Steel Fabrication) relative to the other at a specific angle. Several folding techniques exist including press folding, bending with correction and folding in the air.
It is a profile manufacturing process that produces a profile from a sheet, usually wound on a coil. The profile is formed by the passage of the sheet in a succession of rotary tools, forming as many dies and which gradually deform the sheet.
Aluminum embossing is a forming process used for the production of axially symmetrical shapes by a combination of force and rotation. This is a spot deformation process where a metal disk, a cylindrical piece or a preform is pushed against a mandrel concentric in rotation by a tool with rounded tip.
Molding is a manufacturing process that involves obtaining a piece of complex geometry by casting a molten metal into a mold. The piece is then removed from the mold when the metal is solidified. The molding processes are grouped into several families: sand casting, permanent mold molding, die casting and lost wax casting. Aluminum is a very interesting metal for molding processes due to its low melting temperature of 660 ° C compared to 1450 ° C for steel.
