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 Since Forming & Coining has been a proven leader in the manufacture of high quality net to near net shaped Cold Formed and Impact Extruded components for the Automotive, Commercial Truck, Off-Highway, Industrial and AerospaceMarkets. From our agricultural roots, Metal & Coining has advanced over the years into the manufacture of Engine, Automatic Transmission, Transfer Case and Driveline Products. Stretch thinking has resulted in precise component manufacturing discbrakekey to strict cost control parameters. In fact the demands of our customers are what honed our capabilities and sharpened our desire to achieve ever-increasing levels of quality and productivity.Today, numerous awards recognize our dedication to quality; they give unspoken testimony to our ability to engineer within tight tolerances at the lowest cost. With a new philosophy, "Net Form Technology Integratio" Metal discbrakekey & Coining has created a new subsidiary, OUR COMAPNY that will leverage the company''s core competencies to develop new products and solutions for its customers. The goal is to provide our customers with the ultimate in net-formed components. MFC NETFORM will focus on implementing the most advanced metal processes. By integrating differing metal processes they become part of a total solution, thus we are able to deliver new thinking and enhanced performance for our customers. Types of Cold Forming Processes One-Blow Process one-blow cold forming is used for products with small head to shank ratios, such as standard fasteners or rivets. The two-blow cold forming process moves discbrakekey more discbrakekey material and allows upsets and extrusions to be achieved on the same component. The first blow provides the rough shape, while the second blow forms the final shape. process was developed to manufacture shapes which exceed the upset or extrusion limits of conventional one- and two-blow cold forming. Today, expanding cold forming technology is allowing increasingly complex discbrakekey components to be manufactured at very high production rates. Multiple-die Forming Through multiple-die forming, the final shape is achieved in stages. This six stage process, from cut-off to finished blank, often takes less than 1/2 second. Multiple-die machines have more forming stations to allow for: increased areas of reduction forming unique shapes such as multiple diameters on one component large head to shank ratios elimination of secondary operations such as drilling, turning and trimming, in many instances Cold forming provides remarkable flexibility making it possible to manufacture just about any geometrical shape. As shown in the picture, material is fed from a coil of wire into and through the wire rollers of the cold forming machine, where the wire is precisely cut by the wire shear and transferred to the first of several die cavities where it is struck with a punch or hammer (this is called ''a blow''). The first blow begins to form the shape of the fastener head while the second blow finishes the form/shape desired. The complexity of the shape or design desired determines the number of blows required to achieve that shape or design. self-sealing fasteners add another level of complexity by forming a precisely calculated groove in the undersurface of the fastener head at the same time that the fastener head is formed. The fastener is transferred to as many dies as necessary to achieve the desired shape with little or no scrap. We are the ultimate online resource for many different metal working jobs. We have the most knowledgeable employees and the best equipment available so we can get the job done right.
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