Two Musical Instruments with Hydroformed Components
While most of us tend to associate hydroforming with the automotive and cycling worlds, other industries make good use of hydroformed components as well. The music industry is one of them. Apart from …
Friction Stir Welding: Applications That Are Far Out and Close to Home
Friction Stir Welding: Applications That Are Far Out and Close to Home. Liquid hydrogen, it’s a substance that has fascinated mankind since the 1800s. That’s when James Dewar unleashed it as well as h …
Tips For The Metal Stamping Process
Since as long as we could remember, parts have been fabricated by a process known as metal stamping.In these days, metal stamping has been used in a variety of settings, and it has been used to form v …
Tube Hydroforming vs. Sheet Hydroforming: What is Hydroforming?
What is hydroforming? Hydroforming is when the force of water, hydraulic fluids, or oils is used to shape a single part. There are two types of hydroforming and each has uses when creating products fr …
Hydroformed Parts Key to Meeting CAFE Standards
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards regulate the fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States. Rather than requiring minimum fuel efficiency standards for each vehicle, CAFE requires …
Do You Have A Process Control System For Your Metal Stamping Production?
When you can control your manufacturing process, you will have a better chance of increasing your production, improving your quality, and reducing the overall costs. You need to have the right indicat …
What is Hydroforming?
What is hydroforming? Hydroforming is an innovative method of pressing metal into the desired shape. It produces results similar to cold forming, but instead of simply pressing the metal with a mold ...
Though Struggles Exist, Hydroforming and Metal Stamping Thrive
U.S. manufacturing in the new tech age has brought with it many advances for those involved in the industries of metal stamping and hydroforming. However, at the same time, it has cont ...
American Hydroformers Discusses the Heat Treating Process
We have a lot of experience working with metal here at American Hydroformers, and a ton of experience in shaping the use of our products by clients. We also do out fair share of processing work. That ...
Source Says: FEA Soon Available in the Cloud
According to a tech engineering firm known as Frame, CAD Windows apps, like FEA (Finite Element Analysis), can now be moved to the cloud, which will bring a hug change in how CAD operates. From an ...