The light fixtures in your home, serve more than just a practical function. They add to the aesthetic beauty and character of the home. A metal light fixture is more than just a shield to direct the focus of a light; it can be a work of art. This is particularly true when the fixture […]
The Essentials of Designing and Manufacturing Pressure Vessels
Pressure vessels are designed to contain a volume of fluids or gas in a relatively small space under extreme pressures. They are used in applications ranging from oil extraction to nuclear reactors. No matter how sophisticated the use needs to be, making pressure vessels involves some metal spinning and rolling to get the vessel to […]
The Benefits of Metal Spinning for Equipment Manufacturing
Equipment manufacturing often requires metal components with exact specifications, tight tolerances and often expensive materials. If you need copper or brass parts that are symmetrical in shape, metal spinning can be a cost effective option. Metal spinning is a technique for forming complex, symmetrical, 3-dimensional shapes from sheet metal disks. The spinning disk is shaped […]
Spun Sheet Metal for Beauty and Functionality
What do clay and metal have in common? Both can be spun to make useful and decorative items. While clay can be spun in the comfort of a studio, sheet metal spinning is an advanced technique offered by various metalworkers and manufacturers. There are many kinds of metal that can be spun and the process […]
How Are High Pressure Vessels for Compressed Gas Made?
If you are a buyer of pressurized gas for your business, you may be curious about how a commercial metal forming company produces high pressure vessels suitable for containing compressed gas. There are several steps involved in making pressure vessels that can withstand up to 1000 times more pressure than other more basic containers that […]
Everything You Need To Know About Hydroforming
As a purchasing agent, you need understand what you can about many different types of manufacturing processes so you can make the right decision for the parts that you are going to have produced. If you are looking for a symmetrically round metal part to be made, then it helps to learn about what hydroforming […]
Stainless Steel Vessels Found in a Brewery
The brewhouse is the heart of a brewery. Each stage of the beer-making process determines the final quality of the brew. Finding the perfect machinery and vessels can be difficult, but when you work with a manufacturing process designer, you have more options and design capabilities for each step of the brew process. You need […]
When Is Metal Spinning a Good Process to Produce a Metal Part?
There are only a few metal spinning companies in the United States that do big production runs. This process, also sometimes referred to as metal turning or spin forming, involves rotating a piece of metal at an extremely high speed against another metal part. The initial metal is then exposed to a high temperature, allowing […]