Tube rolling is the process of producing tubular parts through heat curing materials that have been wrapped around a circular mold. The mold is then removed after heat curing, leaving the molded tube. As one of the most widely used tube forming processes, tube rolling allows for high production rates while also providing enhanced strength-to-weight properties.
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Woolf Aircraft Products, Inc.Romulus, MI 734-721-5330 Woolf Aircraft Products is a custom tube and welding manufacturer that has specialized in tube rolling since 1942. Woolf Aircraft Products is a small business with 100 employees and is located in a modern 94,000 square foot facility in Romulus, Michigan. They fabricate all types of metal tubing and components used for nearly any application, including Hydroforming.
STAM, Inc.Mentor, OH 440-974-2500 Stam provides custom tube rolling services to the marine, aerospace, agriculture, food preparation equipment, construction equipment and specialty vehicle markets. Whether you need one piece or twenty thousand pieces, Stam is positioned to be your "one-stop" world-class supplier. Stam also employs photogrametric technology to collect data samples and develop predictive models.
Tube Bending IncorporatedApple Valley, CA 760-948-4220 Tube Bending Incorporated is an ISO 9001:2008 / AS9100 registered company that has been serving the aerospace, automotive and commercial industries for over 50 years. Tube Bending Incorporated offers tube rolling, end finishing, machining, welding and brazing and assembly services. When precision matters, you can trust Tube Bending Incorporated to get the job done right.
United Metal Fabricators, Inc.Cleveland, OH 216-662-2000 United Metal Fabricators specializes in forming tubing from the simplest to the most intricate configurations and assemblies. In addition to our extensive stock tooling, a wide range of tooling is available for forming unusual custom sections. Find out about our comprehensive list of services and capabilities, and let's discuss how we can meet your needs for tube rolling.
Woodsage Industries, LLCHolland, OH 419-866-8000 Woodsage Industries has over 30 years of experiences in bar and tube fabrication. We stay innovative my acquiring the latest machines and technology so we can meet the ever changing needs of our customers and prospects. We provide services such as rotary swaging, bar stock cutting and mandrel tube bending to a wide ranger of industries including motorcycle and lawn & garden care.
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Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication, Inc.Franklin, MA 800-528-8650 Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication is a leading distributor of stainless, titanium, aluminum, copper tube rolling and provides customers both superior and affordable products and services. Being "the best" has always reflected our attitude and our drive to meet or exceed expectations every time and provide your industry with the quality and service it deserves.
Falcon Stainless & Alloys CorporationWaldwick, NJ 800-631-0728 Established in 1959, Falcon Metals is a distributor of stainless steels, nickel alloys, aluminum, alloy steels, titanium and tungsten alloys and provide quality services in tube rolling. Their inventories consist of sheet, coil, strip, foil, bar, wire, plate, pipe, tubing and structurals on most of the aforementioned grades. Call Falcon Stainless today for all your tubing needs.
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Some benefits of tube rolling include high part-to-part consistency and good surface finish. Able to produce a broad range of part shapes, such as cylindrical, oval, rectangular, conical and square, tube rolling is used in diverse industries and products including: sports and recreation, for fishing rods, golf shafts, tennis racquets and ski poles; electronics, for antennas and other consumer applications; industrial manufacturing, for heating elements and machine components; and marine and naval defense, for launcher tubes, telescopes and masts. Tube rolling is often used in custom tube fabricating, since it offers the ability to place fibers either along or around the part with knowledge of the end application. Able to be performed using various materials such as stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, magnesium and brass, tube rolling can fabricate both large and small diameter tubes with low tooling costs due to the use of affordable and durable mandrels, and the versatility of tube cutting.
There are many different tube rolling techniques, which are most commonly undertaken using a tube rolling mill. A tube rolling mill can either refer to a factory or a machine; however, in either technique, the method typically remains the same. To begin the process, patterns, or flags, are cut out from materials such as epoxy pre-impregnated carbon, aramid cloth or glass, and then rolled around a mandrel, which is typically made from steel or some other type of metal alloy. It is essential that a very tight roll is achieved, so that air is not trapped and the fiber is properly aligned. Before the tube can be heat cured, it must be pressure-wrapped with heat-shrinkable plastic film or sleeve. Referred to as debaulking, the wrapping increases the compaction of the part. Now able to be heat-cured, the material-wrapped mandrel is placed within an air-circulated oven or furnace at high temperatures. During heat curing, the outer wrapping functions to squeeze air out of the ends of the wrapped material through shrinkage. When the heat curing is finished, the mandrel can be removed, creating a hollow, tubular part with very thin walls. Typical rolled tube diameters range from .76 - 609 mm (.030 - 24 in.), and can reach maximum lengths of about 7.3 m (24 ft.).
