Tubular Hydroforming
Most of us have never considered the world of hydroforming or tubular hydroforming. The components made from these methods have permeated a great many areas of our lives from the vehicles we drive to ...
Accuracy in tube hydroforming
As the demands for lightweight construction and precision grow, tube hydroforming is becoming increasingly popular. Hydroforming is used in a wide variety of applications from industry parts to bikes ...
Hydroformed Bicycle Frames
You may think that if you've seen one bike, you've seen them all. Yes, they come in different colors and wheel sizes with different kinds of brakes; but they're basically all the same. After all, they ...
Advantages of Tubular Hydroforming
Any item that is built with a metal tube can be made more efficiently and cost-effectively with tubular hydroforming. The process was first developed and used in the 1950s. The disadvantages of pressi ...
Improving the World with Hydroforming
Hydroforming is a cost-effective way of shaping ductile metals into stiff, strong and lightweight pieces. Practically all metals that can be cold formed are suitable for hydroforming, and without bei ...
Automated Hydroforming Process using Robotics
American Hydroformers announces the addition of a new automated hydroforming cell to augment current capabilities and production capacity. Fort Wayne, IN–In an effort to continuously improve the effi ...
What is Hydroforming and Why Use It?
When many think about the manufacture of metal parts for cars, bicycles, and such, they often think of such processes as solid die stamping, However, in the late 1940’s and 50’s a new process calle ...
Hydroforming for Performance in the Automotive Industry
Automakers face a number of challenges in providing consumers with vehicles that are safe, fuel efficient and reliable. One way they are achieving these goals is with the use of hydroformed automotive ...
Hydroforming into the Next Generation
Technology born in the 1940s has evolved through the decades to become the most desired manufacturing method for widely varied industries. From the shape of a saxophone, the tubes in bicycle frames, h ...
Tube Hydroforming: Perfect for 2 Wheels or 4
May 1, 2013 will always be a day that the Ford Motor Company and the design team for the Ford Fusion can look back on with pride. That was the day the Steel Market Development Institue (SMDI) of the A ...