What is a hydroform press?

Hydroforming presses use fluid pressure to form sheet and tube shaped source metal materials to the shape of a die. Hydroforming allows for severe shape deformation and generally produces strong parts of uniform thickness.

How much pressure to hydroform?

For tube hydroform there are high- and low-pressure process methods. Low-pressure applications typically utilize pressure under 700 bar and require presses up to 2,500 tons. High-pressure applications typically utilize pressures up to 1,500 bar and require presses up to 10,000 tons.

What is hydroform test?

Tube hydroforming process is an advanced manufacturing technology for complex thin-walled tubular components applied in the aerospace, aviation and automotive industries. The fluid medium is used as a pressure source to deform tubular materials into the desired shape in this process.

What does hydroforming mean?

Hydroforming is a metal forming technology based on the application of pressurized liquid media to generate defined workpiece shapes from tubular materials or sheet metals.

How does a Hydroform work?

Hydroforming is a specialized type of die forming that uses a high pressure hydraulic fluid to press room temperature working material into a die. To hydroform aluminium into a vehicle’s frame rail, a hollow tube of aluminium is placed inside a negative mold that has the shape of the desired result.

What is explosive hydroforming?

Explosive hydro-forming is a metal forming technique that uses the energy generated by an explosive detonation to form the metal work piece. This process can deliver a great deal of flexibility in the metal-forming process.

How do you Hydroform Aluminium?

To hydroform aluminium into a vehicle’s frame rail, a hollow tube of aluminium is placed inside a negative mold that has the shape of the desired result. High pressure hydraulic pumps then inject fluid at very high pressure inside the aluminium tube which causes it to expand until it matches the mold.

Why is hydroforming used?

Hydroforming allows complex shapes with concavities to be formed, which would be difficult or impossible with standard solid die stamping. Hydroformed parts can often be made with a higher stiffness-to-weight ratio and at a lower per unit cost than traditional stamped or stamped and welded parts.

Who invented hydroforming?

Hydroforming tools were born as a result of the arduous research and development of the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company founded by Geiger and Holtz in 1889. By the 1930s, the Cincinnati Milling Company was the main supplier of metal forming machines in the U.S. and Europe.