Sectors

Just some of the industries that use roll forming and their applications are provided here-

The power supply sector uses roll forming to make electrical wiring and cable products. These products are used in a variety of applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial settings.

Alongside this, the construction sector makes use of roll forming metal roofing, window frames, and door frames.

Warehouses use roll forming to make a wide variety of products, including pallets, racks, and cages. These products are used to store and transport goods. Likewise, the retail sector uses roll forming for signage, displays, and counters, of both perishable and non-perishable goods.

The solar power sector uses roll forming to make solar panels and related products.

The rail sector uses roll forming to make a variety of products, including railroad tracks and infrastructure, as well as carriages on the trains themselves.

The automotive sector uses roll forming for car panels and batteries, as well as many other parts, similarly to the aerospace industry, which uses roll forming for aircraft bodies and wings, fuel tanks, landing gear parts, electronic wiring systems, and hydraulic tubing.

Roll forming tooling is tooling used to assist the roll forming process; the type of tooling used each time will depend on the product.

Tooling may take shape as punching or slitting operations, removing parts of the metal strip before (though sometimes can be completed after) the forming process.

The rolls or dies themselves also need to be created in order to shape the metal into its desired profile; these are an essential piece of tooling, without which the metal strip could not be shaped.

Cut off tooling, such as shears or dies, can also be used at the end of the roll forming process to cut the now shaped metal strip into identical pieces.