Flowformed Component

DEFINITION OF FLOWFORMED COMPONENT: Precise, round, seamless, and thin-walled tubal, conical,or ogival parts that are manufactured to net or near-net shape by the advanced, cold forming process, of flowforming.

Since the mid-1980s, Dynamic Flowform has used the precision flowforming process to produce hundreds of different thin-walled flowformed components to net or near-net shape. Flowformed components are used in military, nuclear and industrial applications. A flowformed component can be a cost-effective alternative to conventional manufacturing practices. In addition to the economical benefits, a flowformed component often reaps the dimensional, mechanical and metallurgical benefits of the flowforming process.

Different flowformed components require changing of the necessary tooling to execute Forward Flowforming, Reverse Flowforming and Shearforming on the same flowforming machine. Although there are exceptions, in most cases it is the configuration of the end of the final flowformed component that dictates the method of flowforming to be employed. Typically, a cylinder flowformed component with one closed or partially closed end is Forward Flowformed. A cylinder flowformed component with two open ends is Reverse Flowformed. A conical or ogivial flowformed component is Shearformed. A combination of Forward and Reverse Flowforming can be utilized to successfully achieve the desired geometry of the flowformed component.

Our flowformed components range in size from diameters of 0.866” to 25.600” (22-650mm), wall thicknesses from 0.006” to 0.600” (0.15-15mm) with lengths up to 26.5 ft. (8 meters). Since flowforming poses no limitations on the relationship between flowformed component diameter and wall thickness, quite often we produce large diameters with precise thin walls