Commonly Asked Questions about Cylindrical Applications What are stainless steel spools? A spool is a fabricated length of tubing with clamp fittings, or flanges at both ends. A couple popular names are cylinders, extensions, tubes, spools, rings, or cylinders. These pieces are classified as spools when the flanges are on both ends. What is a […]
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All You Need to Know About flanging Flanging: A Technical Definition Flanging is bending the metal of a surface, whether it is a blank, sheet metal, funnel, or a cylindrical shape, to a 90 degree angle. This is done by metal spinning or deep drawing a flange into the application, or by utilizing a flanging
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How Are Custom Metal Cylinders Made? At Toledo Metal Spinning, we have the ability to roll and weld custom cylinders and can complete every task in house. Our process begins with laser cutting a blank sheet of metal out of the material of your choosing. We typically use stainless steel or aluminum. Cylinders are created
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The Process of Forming Deep-Drawn Metal Stamped Aluminum Parts Aluminum is a very formable material, making it the perfect candidate to be deep drawn, stamped, or hydroformed. The deep draw metal stamping processes is a cold-forming process, meaning the material’s grain structure undergoes changes at room temperature, as the blank forms and stretches into its
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Why is Metal Recycling Important? Metal Recycling has a Positive Impact on the Environment Recycling reduces the amount of waste that goes into landfills, and reduces the need to mine for new materials, which helps to reduce our carbon footprint. To put it in perspective, mining destroys the environment, large parts of mountain ranges and
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