Sheet Metal Forming Automotive
Most high volume production cars are made from sheet metal.
Sheet metal forming automotive. Whether you re working on a classic american car from 1957 or a truck made as recently as 2007 eastwood has sheet metal to help you fix it. Creating door skins fenders hoods and a myriad of other components from sheetmetal is a crucial skill for restoring many muscle cars building custom parts for hot rods and fabricating parts for classic or competition cars. Stainless mild steel high strength aluminum and numerous other types of processed steel are all used in our metal forming services. For automotive metal forming the blank is often made of sheet metal which can be stamped cut or bent into a shape needed for an automobile s body.
Here are some ways that a metal workpiece can be deformed during the automotive manufacturing process. This is due to metals being able to undergo plastic deformation. The backs of the forming dies deform metal in a v configuration. This causes local upsets that quickly and radically shrink and form sheetmetal.
Sheet metal forming in automotive engineering. Hot and cold forming for all alloys of aluminum exotic materials in sheet plate bar and extrusion. Then the fronts of the dies not visible here flatten the v formed metal. Here is a tutorial how to video that show.
The eckold shrinking forming heads mechanically gather metal as they press against and grip it. Aerospace automotive medical and commercial part capabilities. Thank you for the opportunity to introduce a a aerospace to your company we are a dedicated organization that provides quality work competitive pricing fast turnaround and a. Sheet metal is a huge part of any hotrod build or autobody repair.
We manufacture frame channels stair pans trailer components kick plates and many other products servicing the automotive construction ornamental and industrial. Typical forming processes such as deep drawing and stretch forming are regulated by standard testing methods. Metal forming hand tools sheet metal fabrication tools are ideal for automotive uses panel shaping bending cutting contact mittler bros for hand forming tools. Fenders door skins floor pans quarter panels rocker panels and more for chevy dodge plymouth and other popular cars and trucks.
Metals are still the main materials used in the automotive industry. Metal forming materials applications. Whether you re fixing a dent rust hail etc. Zwickroell s bup sheet metal testing machines test these properties with drawing forces up to 1 000 kn.
Despite the arrival of carbon fibre sheet metal forming is still of great importance to the automotive industry.