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Aerospace
– Roll formed parts that are used in aircraft include airframe stringers
and longerons; interior components like trim and window frames;
stiffeners; jet engine components such as honeycomb seals, shrouds and
backing rings; leading edges of composite helicopter blades, etc.
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Agriculture – The agriculture sector
uses a variety of roll formed shapes that include
channels and
angles
and other shapes such as trim and structural components for tractors,
wagons, combines, and other farm implement equipment, grain bin floors,
chicken roosts, grape stakes, etc,
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Appliance – Roll forming is used to make
parts for the appliance sector that include refrigerator panels,
shelving, shell fronts and shelf ladder, door seal retainers, decorative
trim, handles, rack track, mullion strip, escutcheons, deflectors, glass
retainer, backsplash, back guard, flipper door, dishwasher rackslide,
racktrack, shelf rail, door trim,
window pack for ovens, etc.
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Athletic Flooring Hardware
– Roll formed channels and angles such as
C channels,
hat channels,
J channels and
angles are used in the construction
of different kinds of athletic flooring systems that are sold by maple
hardwood flooring manufacturers. These roll formed shapes are components
of various sports floors
Locktite Channel and Clips (1413),
Bio-Channel (1786),
Striptite (1622),
1983 Channel
and
1979 Channel
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Automotive - Roll forming is used to
make automotive parts that include decorative trim, mouldings, window
frames, wire harness, division bars, and seating track,
grab bars, etc.
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Bridge/Highway Products –
Signs, signposts, and guardrails, and deck reinforcement panels are
examples of roll formed highway and bridge parts.
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Building/Constrution Products
– Roll formed shapes are used extensively by various segments of the
building products industry including
channels and
angles used as joists, studs,
furring, slats, control joint , expansion joint , and
corner bead used in commercial and residential construction; as metal
roof decks and siding panels for metal buildings; as trim for wood
windows,
stiffener for vinyl
windows and framing for metal doors; as metal slats in rolling
doors; as track for sliding doors; as decorative trim for housewares,
etc.
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Electronics – Electronic enclosures,
microchip transfer slide sections, cable tray, etc. are
manufactured by roll forming.
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Elevators and Escalators –
Roll formed stainless steel channels
and
angles are used in the construction
of elevators and escalators as decorative trim and roll formed shapes
are used as internal framework components.
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Fenestration – The fenestration
industry is the door and window industry. Roll formed parts include
pre-painted aluminum cladding;
nail fin;
vinyl window stiffener,
also called
reinforcement; sliding door track, also called patio door track or
roller cap track;
hinge bead; screen frame; spacer, muntin, security screen frame
components called
single wing, double wing
, and mainframe
that are used primarily in HUD housing construction, etc.
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Furniture – The furniture industry can be
subdivided into several smaller sectors such as business and
institutional furniture, lawn and patio furniture, housewares, kitchen
and bath, seating, etc. that include roll formed products such as
modular and sliding partitions; work surface reinforcements; shelves;
drawer slides; kitchen and file cabinets; lighting fixtures; metal
picture frames; decorative trim, etc.
See Custom Power
Distribution Assemblies feature.
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Garage Doors –
Roll formed channels
are often used as garage door slats, track, and
bottom bar.
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Greenhouse – Roll formed parts used in
greenhouse
construction include
channels and
angles that are used for framing,
joists, monorail conveyors, irrigation booms,
spring lock channel,
etc.
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HVAC – The heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning industry uses roll formed shapes in electric heater
housings; air conditioner cases; ductwork;
fireplace trim,
pattern control diffusers;
air filter frames,
cooling tower louvers;
solar
collector panels, baffles and louvers, etc.
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Housewares – Roll formed
channels,
angles, and
lockseam tubes
are used in various housewares and hardware applications such as drapery
hardware – top rail, bottom rail (also called
hemline channel), café rods - ladders,
garment racks, shoe racks, toaster ovens,
etc.
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Kitchen/Bath – Kitchen and bath
products such as sink rim, lock seam towel bars, shower rods,
hand-held shower wall mounts,
light poles, drawer slides, etc. can be made by roll forming.
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Lawn and Garden – Lock seam tubing
and other roll formed parts are used in several lawn and garden products
– bird feeders, grills,
swimming pools,
greenhouses, tents,
Tiki Torches, lawn
edging, grape stakes, etc.
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Lighting Fixtures – Roll formed
lighting fixtures include louvers and baffles.
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Lockseam Tubing – Lockseam (also spelled as two words, lock
seam) tubing is an alternative to welded tubing in lighter wall
thicknesses - typically less than 0.030”. Lock seam tubing is used in
such products as residential flagpole kits, shoe racks, garment racks,
shelf supports for corrugated displays, lawn torches, badminton poles,
maypoles, canopy bed frames, towel bars, lighting fixtures, shower rods,
telescoping tubing applications, etc.
See Lock Seam Tube feature.
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Material Handling – Material
handling equipment such as conveyors use roll formed
channels and
angles
and gravity flow channels
for framework members.
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Railroad/Rapid Transit -
Roll formed channels and roll formed angles are used in the construction
of railroad and rapid transit cars. These roll formed shapes consist of
structural shapes as well as light gauge roll formed parts such as
track, supports, trim, grab bars, etc.
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Seating – Roll formed channels are used in
seating applications such as seat backs,
seating track, etc.
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Storage – Storage rack components made by
roll forming include vertical and horizontal cross members that are
designed to interlock using keyhole patterns, etc.
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Store Fixtures – Roll forming is
used in the manufacturer of store fixture components such as
POP
displays, price card
mouldings,
garment racks.
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Swimming
Pool Hardware - Trial and error is not the ideal method for
building structures like built-in swimming pools. One manufacturer
discovered this. And then turned to Samson custom roll forming for the
most-effective means to keep its customers in the swim. Download our shape catalog page
Swimming Pool Hardware or read more in our
news archive.
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Transportation – The transportation
industry - aerospace,
automotive, truck and bus, marine,
railroad and rapid transit, etc. –
uses many roll formed shapes.
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Truck/Bus - Roll forming is also used in
the manufacture of trucks and buses. Roll formed parts include
structural channels and angles that comprise the frames, stainless steel
grab bars, decorative trim, seating track, etc.
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Vending – Roll formed shapes are used as
dividers,
bases, and trim on
vending machines.
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