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Steel isn’t the only material that can be easily roll formed. Aluminum is another excellent option for parts where weight and flexibility are key. Parts made from various different grades and finishes of aluminum are great for applications where structures move and flex and weigh much less than a comparable part made from steel. Transportation […]
Planning for Steel Mill Outages to Avoid Material Shortage
Roller Die customers are encouraged to place orders for the coming months as soon as possible. Steel mills across the country are reporting outages for various reasons, driving up the costs of raw material and the time to receive that material. While most of the outages are due to scheduled equipment maintenance, unplanned outages are […]
7 Reasons Roll Forming is More Efficient
Roll forming is a process that involves passing coiled sheet metal through a horizontal series of rotating dies to produce the desired shape. This method offers a flexible and cost-efficient process of shaping metals into different shapes or custom cross-section profiles. Roll forming is superior to other metal forming processes, and it is used in […]
5 Reasons You Should Make Solar Panel Frames With Roll Forming
Roll forming is highly efficient for projects that require medium to high volumes, tight tolerances, and an attractive finish. One of such projects is the manufacturing of solar panel frames. Solar panel framing usually requires specialized materials, exclusive designs, and critical hole placements for field assembly. Also, these panel frames may be required in large […]
Top 5 Advantages of Roll Forming
Roll forming is a metal manufacturing process that takes cold metal sheets or rolls and passes them through a series of rollers to bend and shape the metal into the desired cross section. Roll forming is used in a wide variety of industries, from automobiles to material handling – anywhere shaped metal parts are found […]
Roller Die is Open and Taking Orders for Just in Time Delivery
Many of our customers are interested in having their parts supplied on a just-in-time basis, allowing them to keep inventory low and flex to respond to market demand. Serving OEM and tier one automotive companies, as well as appliance manufacturers, and many others, our team works with a customer’s purchasing and production departments to lock […]
Data-Driven Decisions Help Roller Die Improve
Roller Die + Forming facilities always work to improve their facility, quality, and production times, ensuring that we meet customer needs, our team has a safe, clean space, and we keep our machines running smoothly. Data driven problem solving is especially important to our team as it helps them identify areas where changes will make […]
Focusing On Improving in Ways that Matter
A central tenant of lean manufacturing is identifying what factors of our output are critical to quality (CTQ) for our customers. Many of these are similar from customer to customer. Some of our larger clients have scorecards that, in theory, outline their different CTQs and rank all suppliers on these metrics. Our industry has certain […]
Roller Die Helps the Logistics Industry Grow
The logistics industry is seeing unprecedented growth as people chose to order from their homes items they previously sourced from stores. From delivery trucks to increased distribution facilities, people staying and working from home are taking advantage of services that allow them to stay safe and socially distance while still enjoying the meals, goods, and […]
Investing in the Future
The last several months have been a roller coaster for everyone and Roller Die is thankful that our customers have remained strong and continued to grow. We’ve taken steps to ensure the health and safety of our team and ordered material in advance to ensure the supply for our customers. We’ve also taken other steps […]
Interested in Re-Shoring Your Suppliers
Many manufacturers are now looking at moving their business from China and other Asian countries back to North America. This trend has been heightened as the global pandemic shut down borders, making it harder for manufacturing representatives to perform plant tours and quality checks and slowing of logistics impacted transportation times. Bringing production back to […]
Roller Die Can Paint Large Parts
One excellent way to finish parts is powder coating. This provides a protective coat over your metal part and can be an attractive finish. Allowing us to handle powder coating before assembly removes the step from your team and ensures the full part is coated. Roller Die offers powder coating in a variety of colors […]