Cold Form Sheet Metal

Cold forming sheet metal the grob cold forming process is based on a straightforward and universally applicable principle.

Cold form sheet metal.

Hillman 12 in x 24 in cold rolled steel expanded sheet metal. Stock bars and sheets of cold rolled steel crs are commonly used in all areas of manufacturing. All canam buildings purlins and girts are cold extruded using high strength steel to minimize weight while maximizing capacity of each section. No longer just a division between space.

The total forming effort needed is broken down into numerous forming increments spread along the entire cylindrical length of the zone being formed. Item 168753 model 11786. The strength increase from cold work of forming has been incorporated for fl exural strength per section a7 2 of aisi s100 16. Click here for more.

Category thickness minimum bend bend radius. Cold and hot rolled steel. 48 oz 24 oz 20 oz and 16 oz. 22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm.

No heat is required to form the shapes unlike hot rolled steel hence the name cold formed steel. Purlins and girts are complementary products to structural steel used primarily in walls and roof of a building. Where aisi s100 16 is referenced it is the north american specifi cation for the design of cold formed steel structural members 2016 edition with us provisions. No longer just studs tracks and headers.

It is best to make measurements at the stud knockouts and away from rolled edges. Unfortunately most of these gauges are for sheet metal thicknesses and not for cold formed structural steel. Sheet metal measuring tools. We see what the future for walls holds and we are acting on it with steel framing products that perform as a system backed by intelligent design tools and fully capable engineering services.

Cold formed steel cfs members are made from structural quality sheet steel that are formed into c sections and other shapes by roll forming the steel through a series of dies. Still they can get you close enough to allow you to make a good judgement about the thickness. 16 gauge 14 gauge 1 8 and 1 4. Cold formed steel cfs is the common term for steel products shaped by cold working processes carried out near room temperature such as rolling pressing stamping bending etc.