AIDA : Global Metalforming Solutions
AIDA Metalforming Solutions, Flow Control Forming, FCF
Metalforming Solutions : Flow Control Forming©

Flow Control Forming

Metalforming Solutions

Overview

The benefits of Flow Control Forming© (FCF) include the ability to produce high precision components with high added value, at lower costs. Both progressive forming using coil stock and transfer forming using blanks are possible with FCF.

Flow Control Forming© (FCF) expands the range of press processing by enabling a single press to produce complex parts with non-uniform thickness in sheet metal materials. FCF combines conventional press working with cold forging in a single press, enabling the press to change the sectional shape of a component by positively forcing plastic flow of the material. The end result is near "net shape" components previously impossible with conventional press working.

AIDA Flow Control Forming Parts

Characteristics to consider when selecting a press for FCF are minimum elongation and deflection. FCF requires a press that can hold strict tolerances under heavy, concentrated, and eccentric loads, almost twice that of conventional sheet metal forming. In addition to conventional sheet metal forming operations, the press must be able to complete cold forging operations such as upsetting, ironing and extrusion to achieve the desired wall thickness. AIDA manufactures several presses ideally suited to the demands of FCF, including the PMX series with high-rigidity link-motion.

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Contact AIDA
   AIDA America Corporation
AIDA-America
7660 Center Point 70 Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45424-6380, USA
Phone: 937-237-2382
Fax: 937-237-1995
   AIDA-Europe, Lecco
AIDA-Europe, Lecco
Corso Europa, 240
23801 Calolziocorte (LC), Italy
Phone: +39 0341-634111
Fax: +39 0341-634151
   AIDA-Europe, Brescia
AIDA-Europe, Brescia
Via Brescia, 26
25020 Pavone Mella (BS), Italy
Phone: +39 030-9590111
Fax: +39 030-9959377
   AIDA-Europe, France
Zone Actipolis 2
4, rue Artois
68390 Sausheim, France
Phone: +33 (0) 1 3912 6001
Fax: +33 (0) 1 3912 0070
   AIDA-Europe, UK
City Road, Derby DE1 3RP
England
Phone: +44 1332-648200
Fax: +44 1332-648221
   AIDA-Europe, Czech
Plzeňská 155/113,
150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 234 690 510
Fax: +420 234 690 514
   AIDA Pressen GmbH
Vertrieb-Service-Steuerungsbau
Südfeld 9d
D-59174 Kamen - Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2307 43864 20
Fax: +49 (0) 2307 43864 40
   AIDA Canada Inc
131 Saunders Road, Unit 9
Barrie, Ontario L4N 9A7
Phone: 705-734-9692
Fax: 705-734-9695