Metal pressing and forming

Metal Pressing and Forming to Create the Components You Need

Pressing is a method via which a press machine is used to form sheet metal into the shape needed to perform a specific function. The piece of sheet metal being used to create the component or part in question is impacted with a large amount of force by the tool in the upper part of the machine press, forcing the sheet metal down and into the lower part of the machine press, which contains a tool, sometimes referred to as a die, which corresponds to the shape of the upper tool. Pressing the sheet metal between these two tools creates a precision engineered component, and the state of the art press bed facilities offered by Tooling 2000 enable us to repeat this process multiple times per minute, creating large orders of identical components designed and engineered from scratch by our in-house team of experts.

Whether you come to us with a detailed plan or a rough sketch, we can design and manufacture the detailed tools needed in the upper and lower parts of the machine press. Our CNC machining and CAD modelling means that there is no design too complex for us to deliver, with 5 axis laser cutting facilities offering complete precision for even the most difficult shapes. Once the upper and lower halves of the tool have been manufactured, tested and passed, our facilities are large scale enough to deal with even the biggest bulk orders. We offer a press bed size of 4M x 2M, 1200mm shut height and 2500 tonne capacity. When this is combined with a 15 Tonne coil mandrel 1500 mm wide coil feed unit it means we’re able to run even the most complex progression dies at speeds of up to 25 strokes per minute.

Contact us to discuss your requirements and our team of experts will explain exactly what our metal pressing and forming facilities can deliver for you. Our clients in the automotive, rail and construction industries recognise quality when they see it, and that’s why they come to us time and time again for their machine pressing and forming requirements.

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