We are highly experienced and specialized in Hydroforming complex geometries with concavities in one step, which would be difficult or impossible with conventional forming processes and would otherwise be made from multiple stamping parts joined together. Our expertise will bring remarkable weight savings due to the elimination of welding flanges part consolidation and use of thinner or alternative metals.
We are currently providing Hydroforming solutions to several domains, where the complex geometries produced are stronger, lighter, have higher strength/weight ration and have superior durability compared to parts produced by conventional manufacturing techniques.
The process is particularly popular in automotive industry. We can support your hydroform development programs for Chassis ladder frames, Front End structures, Radiator Support structure, Crash box, B-Pillars, Instrumental Panel Beams, Exhaust components, Roof Rails, Trailing arms, Bumper beams, Front and rear under-run protection devises and Hollow Assembled Camshafts to name a few among many potential parts that you may like to consider. We are also providing Hydroforming solutions to medical and health equipment industry, sports equipment and furniture manufacturers, bicycle industry for lighter and aesthetic frames, Marine and Defense industries, decorative construction and plumbing and fixture products can take advantage of the multi-material capability and extensive design freedom.
We specialize in both tube hydroforming and sheet hydroforming. We design hydroform product concurrently with robust production process to maximize benefits of hydroform technology. Our Hydroforming techniques are more than just another way of fabricating components: for this we employ advanced virtual validations at each stage of product and process design and optimization. We also integrate results of Hydroform Manufacturing Simulations (residual stresses / strains) into downstream crash/durability simulations to bring about higher level of refinement in overall part / assembly design. Our tube hydroforming technique provides unique benefits like lowest cycle time for increased productivity, in-die hydroforming technique provides unique benefits like lowest cycle time for increased productivity, in-die hydro-piercing of holes, tight cornet radii, wide range of tube d/t ratios, expansion anywhere in part and zero / nearly zero scrap allowing 100% material utilization of tubing.
We advise our customers in the potential advantages of Hydroforming to be considered carefully in the primary design process. We have the capabilities and required experience to improve both tolerances and repeatability in our hydro-formed parts. The dimensional accuracy of our hydro-formed parts is much better and it has less spring back as it is released from the die, and residual stresses are significantly lower.
We also support our customers in configuration, sourcing, testing, commissioning and support of part specific semi/fully automated hydroform production cells at supplier location of choice. An unparalleled feature of our offering is capability to remotely monitor performance of a Hydroform Production Cell through an intelligent “Digital Twin” for real time prognosis / diagnosis of key equipment namely hydroform dies, tube bending machines and hydroforming presses to de-risk against any unplanned disruption of production process. This de-risking capability is globally unique to our offering in hydroform industry.
Let’s hook up right away: Please send us an iges file / jpg / pdf of your potential hydroform part to us and we will revert to you in 3 days with initial feasibility and target weight savings that we may achieve through hydroforming. Please go ahead and give a try…..!!!