Understanding Roll Forming Machines

A roll forming busbar bending machine bends metal at room temperature ensuring that you have a perfect looking roll. When you feed the material that you want to roll, the material travels through a set of rollers that bend it.

Roll forming machines are ideal when you want to create precise parts that require very little or no finishing work.

Types Of Roll Forming Machines

There are many types of these machines with the main ones being:

Rods: these one are designed to produce profile rods that come in random lengths. These machines have a Turk’s head, discharge, un-coiler, shearing and an electric or hydraulic system.

Punched: this machine produces profiles that are perforated or punched. In most of the cases these profiles are usually cut to size. The machine has a un-coiler, straightener, strip joining unit, discharge, packing, hydraulic or mechanical press, and an electric and hydraulic system.

Welding: these are unique machines that enable the production of closed section profiles. Different machines use different types of welding systems. The most common system is the HF welding which is one of the fastest and most effective systems.

There’s also laser welding machines which are very flexible. Their main flaw is that they are expensive and have a lower productivity compared to HF welding.

TIG welding is also a popular system. Although, its low cost, it has a low versatility and productivity.

Factors To Consider When Making The Purchase

For you to buy the right machine you need to consider a number of factors:

Features: you need to consider the features that make it easy for you to operate the machine. One of the main features you should consider is the gears. Here you need to find out whether you need a machine with coupled or idle gears.

Flexibility: how flexible is the roll making machine? As rule of thumb you should go with the most flexible machine in the market. To buy the most flexible machine you should consider a number of features such as: side supports, cassette system, shaft hydraulic control, support shafts and roll support shaft.

Conclusion

This is what you need to know about roll forming machines. You should note that most modern machines come with computer aided tooling designs. When you incorporate CAD/CAM systems into the roll forming machines, the machines are able to function at their maximum potential giving you perfect results within a very short time.