Roll Forming
Tooling Design/Software
Roll-Kraft’s
Engineering Department designs both
Tube,
Pipe and
Roll Tooling and form
Roll Tooling. As specialists in all areas of
cold-formed open profiles and welded
Tube and Pipe tooling
applications, the Engineering Department provides a broad
range of designs for welded round, square, oval, elliptical,
and trapezoidal profiles, as well as complex, non-welded
profiles.
The design and production teams work closely
in all areas of inspection, reverse engineering, new or
rework tooling, and manufacturing and testing, using strict
quality and process control procedures.
Tube & Pipe Tooling Design Software
Roll-Kraft
developed its original proprietary tooling design software
in 1985. It was created to combine proven design practices
and experiences gained since the company was founded in
1963.
The company
continues to maintain and improve its design software. The
current version has been updated to more efficiently assist
the designers, when creating the flower (forming
progression), roll layout, drawings, material cut list, CNC
program codes, and routing phases of the design process.
Roll Form
(Open-Profile) Design Software
Roll-Kraft
uses multiple seats of a design software called Copra (by
data M Software GmbH) to assist in flower development and
roll tooling design process. All tooling is manufactured
using CAD geometry, provided by the software to ensure
accuracy and maximize quality.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
In 2003, Roll-Kraft
purchased the
Copra FEA
RF (data M Software GmbH) software. Specifically created for
the tube, pipe, and roll forming industries, this software
simulates the roll tooling design, in order to predict the
final result of the strip. This technology allows the
designer to investigate multiple designs and materials and
make any necessary revisions before the roll tooling is
manufactured. When used in a prototype or R&D capacity, the
software provides a scientific approach to roll design.
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