HYDROFORMING

Sometimes referred to as fluid forming or rubber diaphragm forming, was developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s in response to a need for a lower cost method of producing relatively small quantities of deep drawn parts. Deep drawing, using the Hydroform method, requires a draw ring (blank holder) and male punch.

Hydroform technology provides an attractive alternative to conventional matched die forming, especially for cost-sensitive, lower volume production, and for parts with asymmetrical or irregular contours.

Hydroforming complements other techniques of metalforming -- such as metal spinning -- and gives added versatitity and capability to contract metalworking companies.

At the present time New Hydroforms are not currently available, but there is a selection of these machines on the used equipment marketplace, Fluid Forming Technologies (FFT) pays close attention to this market and FFT can locate a used machine for your company. Please call, fax or e-mail us with your requirement(s). Also check out the alternative below:

LSH Millennium Fluid Cell Press

Machine Dynamics LLC takes a proven "clam shell" baseline design and brings it into the next century with their LSH Millennium Fluid Cell Press. LSH Millennium press systems have a 40" diameter table and can operate at forming pressures of up to 10,000 psi.