1. Slide Forming Advantages
Opportunities with Hamond Industries

2. Examples of Slide Formed Parts

3. Regular Stamping Makes either flat parts or needs big, expensive dies
cannot economically bend beyond 90°
compensation for springback is difficult and slow
tooling is large, expensive, hard to keep accurate

4. Examples of Regular Stamped Parts

5. Slide Forming Uses a small press to cut metal
does the forming in a dedicated forming area, using inexpensive, accurate modular tooling
Can do complicated bends, bends beyond 90°
Can easily compensate for material springback

6. More Example Parts