Stuecklen Manufacturing Company offers metal hydroforming services for customers in the US and Canada. We work with a wide variety of materials, including aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, high-strength alloys, and more to create affordable custom parts to your specifications.
What Is Hydroforming?
Our deep draw hydroforming machines use pressurized hydraulic fluid (either water or oil) to force sheet metal into or around a single solid mold. This metal forming process works because the hydraulic chamber is sealed by a flexible rubber diagram, which acts as the female portion of your tooling and can be paired with any mold of your design.
Powerful Pressure – Better Custom Parts
When hydroforming sheet metal or fluid forming, the high-pressure liquid uniformly presses the sheet into the mold. The liquid counters the force of the mold rising into its chamber, evenly spreading the sheet around the mold and forming your desired shape without any unnecessary stretching or strain.
Our Hydroforming Machines
We have one of the largest hydroforming machines in the US. If you need a custom parts manufacturer that can produce a variety of sizes, shapes, and depths, we have the skills and equipment to accommodate you. Bring your designs to us and our Verson Fluid Forming Hydraulic Press.
Advantages Of Hydroforming Sheet Metal
This kind of sheet metal forming was developed as a way to produce parts more efficiently and less expensively. While regular die set metal forming is still a viable manufacturing method, it’s impractical and more costly for smaller-sized limited runs of a product.
Also, some industries demand perfect metal surfaces which only hydroform tooling can consistently provide. Below are a few more benefits of hydroforming.
- Complex & Irregular Metal Shapes
- Design Freedom (Any Metal Shape)
- Variety Of Metal Types & Finishes
- Cost-Competitive At 5-15,000 Parts
- Best For Short To Medium Runs
- We Offer Inexpensive Tooling
- Or Use Your Own Tooling
- Minimal To No Tooling Wear & Tear
- High-Quality Parts
- No Scuffs Or Shock Lines
We Hydroform Custom Parts
We manufacture a wide range of metal products for an equally varied portfolio of customers. Your imagination is our limit. We create items and tools for military, government, and scientific use. We also make parts for airplanes, cars, and kitchen use. Here is a small sample of what we can produce.
Small To Medium Production Runs
Whether you are a hobby craftsman or a specialty producer creating precise goods, we can help you. Bring us your ideas and even your tooling if you have it. Hydroforming services only require the female portion of your punch and create little to no wear in the punch process compared to traditional metal-on-metal die forming or stamping.
Low-Cost Hydroform Tooling
No tooling? That’s okay too. We can create cost-effective hydroform tooling for you based on your designs in an infinite variety of simple and complex shapes. If you already have your own tooling, we can use it!
Request Custom Metal Hydroforming
Do you need custom metal products? Take advantage of the possibilities available to you through metal hydroforming and tooling services. Contact us at Stuecklen Manufacturing Company today for service throughout the US and Canada.
