Flowforming is a chip-less, high technology metal-forming technique for the production of seamless tubular components.

Flow forming is a volumetric rotary forming process to manufacture economically axis-symetric hollow parts mainly cylindrical components. IT is a technique of stretching material from a blank or performs where the material rotated, and is stressed in a particular zone, above the yield point so that it can flow in an axial direction. This pressure is applied by, three steel flowforming rollers, where the material flows over a sized mandrel to the final required dimensions, in two or more passes. In general all metals can be flowformed, provided that they are homogenous and fine-grained. Advantages of Flow Forming: Short lead times Design freedom Low tooling costs Improved Part Quality High Diameter to length ratio Tapered / stepped wall thicknesses possible Good surface finish and high dimensional accuracy Consistent and increased mechanical properties Optimum grain flow resulting in refined grain size Economical unit prices - even on medium and small batches Wide choice of usable materials including hardened materials

TOLERANCES ACHIEVABLE
INSIDE DIAMETER FINISHED WALL THICKNESS FEATURES OVALITY STRAIGHTNESS / 1000 WALL THICKNESS-CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL THICKNESS-LONGITUDINAL AV. SURFACE FINISH, EXTERNAL AV. SURFACE FINISH, INTERNAL mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm 100 2 250 3 TOLERANCES 400 4

0.1 0.1 0.02 0.02 0.4* 0.1

0.2 0.15 0.025 0.03 0.5* 0.1

0.3 0.2 0.04 0.04 0.6* 0.15

* or less if other dimensional tolerances can be relaxed

FLOW CHART OF THE PROCESS

1. Thick-walled preform 2. Mandrel and rollers 3. Preform is fitted to the mandrel 4. Flowforming operation using plentiful cooling and lubrication fluids 5. Flowformed tube on the mandrel 6. Tube is removed from the mandrel 7. Finished thin-walled flowformed tube 8. Comparison of finished part with preform

PRODUCT DIMENIONAL QUALITY

LEICO ST65 - 132 CNC INSIDE DIAMETER MM Min 50 Max 625 WALL THICKNESS MM Min 0.15 Max 12.50 BOKO 3D/65 - 2000 CNC INSIDE DIAMETER MM Min 40 Max 625 WALL THICKNESS MM Min 0.25 Max 10.00 LENGTHS MM Max 4400 Max 4400 LENGTHS MM Max 6000 Max 4600

Flowforming Machines : LEICO 3 Roller CNC Flow Forming Machine, .....Model ST 65-132 CNC

BOKO 3 Roller CNC Flow Forming Machine, .....Model 3D/65 - 2000 CNC