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One of the most common questions the Roller Die + Forming engineers get is how long tooling lasts, especially when a customer is purchasing custom tooling. Standard tooling is great for running many shapes, but customers often have their own specialty cross sections or punch patterns and want custom tooling to make exactly the roll […]
Why Choose Custom Tooling
While we talk a lot about our Standard Tooling Library, Roller Die + Forming also makes custom tooling. For many of our customers, that’s the best option and here are a few reasons why. Customer Owned Tooling. When you purchase custom tooling, you own it. This means that, if you want to, you can take […]
National Bourbon & National Blood Donor Day
Bourbon and Blood Donations is a cause the entire team at Roller Die + Forming can get behind. With yesterday being both National Bourbon and National Blood Donor Day, Roller Die partnered with the Kentucky Blood Center to offer a raffle with three excellent top prizes. These included a bourbon basket for Roller Die employees […]
Optimizing Supplier Locations
When you’re considering different suppliers for custom roll formed metal parts, one factor to take into consideration is the location of the supplier and related logistics of transferring parts from the supplier’s facility to yours or to the installation location. With locations across the southeast US and in central Mexico, Roller Die + Forming is […]
Mixing Standard and Custom Tooling
To create roll formed metal shapes, we use specially-designed rollers that bend the strip metal incrementally until the correct cross-section is achieved. These rollers, along with pre-punches, presses, and cut-off dies, are part of the tooling that is necessary to create a part. Each time your part is run at Roller Die, this tooling must […]
Solar Carports and Covers
Solar carports are one of those obviously really good ideas and they are starting to pop up across the country, shading cars and keeping them cool during the day while providing energy to power buildings and even those same cars. In areas of the country where solar is a strong source of alternative power, solar […]
Rapidly growing custom metal forming company Roller Die expands Louisville, KY staff, adding and expanding in several key roles.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 26, 2022 – Louisville-based custom metal part manufacturer Roller Die + Forming recently added to their talent pool in the corporate headquarters with several new business development and support roles. With over 100% growth over the last ten years and the increasing demand for American suppliers, Roller Die management knows that bringing […]
New 2.5″ Roll Form Line Installed in Queretaro, Mexico
Recently, the Roller Die + Forming plant in Queretaro, Mexico, acquired a 2 1/2″ (2.5″) line to add additional capabilities to the location. This line gives the Mexico location greater capacity and gives our customers more options. Specifically, the new line can handle parts that are 0.079″ to 0.140″ thick, which is thicker than many […]
When You Might Need Custom Tooling
At Roller Die + Forming, we’re justifiably proud of our huge inventory of standard tooling. We’re able to make a lot of complex shapes and help our customers keep costs low with this excellent variety. However, there are many times customers still want us to create custom tooling and several advantages in doing so. Truly […]
Solar Tax Credit Could Result in Significant Increase in Solar Installs
The $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill passed at the end of 2021 includes $65 billion in funds targeted at improving the power grid and integrating renewable energy projects such as solar roofs, solar carports, and larger solar installations. This funding is designed to cover transmission lines, advanced transmission, and smart grids. All of these steps […]
Roller Die Gives Employees Gas Bonus
VIEW OPEN POSITIONS AND APPLY NOW With gas prices going up, Roller Die + Forming CEO Ray Hammons decided to step in and help employees cover their costs. All full time hourly employees begin receiving their “Gas Bonus” in mid-March, an extra $50 per week for every week an employee worked their full schedule, to […]
Roller Die + Forming is at Modex 2022
Join the team from Roller Die + Forming for our first trade show attendance since the start of the pandemic. This March 28 – 31 at Modex in Atlanta, our team will be manning booth #C4881 and talking to anyone who wants to stop by for a chat. We want to show you that using […]