| Roll forming machinery makes certain types of steel | | | | there is no need to apply any other energy source. |
| products by continuously bending it along a long line of | | | | Also, this product represents the best of |
| rollers. This machine is used in large industrial | | | | mechanization of the assembly line, as little manual |
| applications and businesses where producing mass | | | | labor is required other than what is required to feed |
| numbers of steel products is required and is an | | | | the machine, remove the product, and occasionally |
| example of the positive effects of industrialization and | | | | provide labor and repair. |
| mass production in our society. | | | | With the advent of CAD computer software, roll |
| The process by which steel is produced into a product | | | | forming machinery is even more automated. In addition, |
| by roll forming machinery begins when it is continuously | | | | given the removal of the human element tolerances |
| fed into the machine at one end. This is the first of four | | | | can be tightened up making for a more standard |
| distinct parts of the machine. In the second party the | | | | product free of deviations. Some machines now are |
| metal is passed through various rollers, where it is bent | | | | introducing laser cutting technology. Though this results |
| just a little bit more than the previous set of rollers until | | | | in some loss of energy efficiency, it can be |
| it reaches the third stage. At the third stage, the cut off | | | | compensated by the removal of a whole stage in the |
| press cuts the metal into a pre-determined length. This | | | | forming process. |
| is made even more impressive by the fact that the | | | | Roll forming machinery represents a great |
| machine does not stop or slow down at this point | | | | advancement from manual cutting techniques. With the |
| (remember, the machine is consistently running). After | | | | ability to shape non-superheated metal energy is |
| cutting it enters the final stage of the roll press where it | | | | saved, and automating the technique decreases the |
| is dumped onto a metal or roller table and manually | | | | chances of an accident by a worker. Advances in |
| removed and put aside for shipping later on. | | | | technology promise even more innovation and |
| Roll forming machinery has the positive of not requiring | | | | efficiency to the process and will result in a lowering of |
| external heat. Since metal is bent at room temperature | | | | costs that must be passed on to the consumer. |