Advantages of Metal Spinning
Metal spinning and shear forming are generally in competition with pressing and deep drawing. Against these methods, which feature short cycle times and the facility to produce irregular shapes as well as rotationally symmetrical parts. There are several benefits of spinning and shear forming:
- Several operations can be performed in one set-up. Work pieces may have re-entrant profiles. The design profile in relation to the centre line therefore is virtually unrestricted.
- The work piece can easily be optimized by a simple modification to the program.
- The different forming parameters can be altered quickly, and at little cost, to accommodate product design changes.
- Closer tolerances can be achieved with consistent repeatability.
- Lower tooling and production costs.
- Shorter lead times.
- Less waste with near to net use of materials.
- Spinning processes are extremely flexible and lend themselves to automation. They are equally applicable to the cost-effective production of small batches, one-offs and prototypes.