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Deharde Revolutionizes Sheet Metal Forming
The German sheet metal specialist offers a lower-cost alternative to roll forming.

Germany’s Deharde (Booth K79) has made the trip to Singapore to introduce innovative production technology for forming large metal sheets at significantly less cost and time and at a higher quality. Called Polygon Forming, the technology applies to the production of curved, twisted, and conic skins to form doublers, straps, and other parts made of metallic materials. The company claims “high advantages” compared with conventional manufacturing through the removal of redundant production steps, the use of less cost-intensive milling, and reject-free production. Deharde claims its process can cut the cost of roll forming in half.