Hydroforming Metal Sheet

Sheet hydroforming uses one die and a sheet of metal.

Hydroforming metal sheet.

I ve had this working a little over a year now and its been working really well. It is the preferred technique for shaping intricate components from ductile metals. One of the largest applications of hydroforming is the automotive industry which makes use of the complex shapes made possible by hydroforming to produce stronger lighter and more rigid unibody structures for. Practically all sheet metals capable of being cold formed carbon steel aluminum stainless steel copper brass precious metals inconel nickel alloys titanium haynes 188 and others can be hydroformed.

Material thickness from 010 to 500 can be formed. A steel punch then rises through the ring forcing the sheet metal up into a rubber diaphragm backed by a pressure dome filled with hydraulic fluid. The blank sheet is driven into the die by high pressure water on one side of the sheet forming the desired shape. It is a self contained system needing only electricity and air.

Hydroforming is a way of shaping metals such as aluminium low alloy steel brass and stainless steel into structurally solid and strong light weighted pieces. Tube hydroforming is the expansion of metal tubes into a shape using two die halves which contain the raw tube. Hydroforming another area of specialty at hi craft metal products is another form of deep drawing used to form more complex shapes in hydroforming a metal blank is first placed on a ring. The process can create a wide range of complex geometric shapes from a variety of materials including aluminum steel stainless titanium niobium inconel copper composites and more.

Manufacturing and assembly for the aerospace industry. Sheet hydroforming is a metal forming process that uses pressurized hydraulic fluid in a flexible diaphragm to shape sheet metal against a single tool. Hydroforming is commonly used within the automotive and aerospace industry where complex shapes by hydroforming can be produced stronger lighter and more solid. Hydroforming is used to replace the older process of stamping two.