Hydroforming Services Specifications

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Capabilities


	Diameter		Enter the diameter capability of the tube or part fabrication process.
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	Capabilities
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	Annealing / Heat Treating		Annealing is a heating and cooling operation, usually with a slow cooling cycle. Annealing may be used to remove stresses, induce softness, and alter ductility, toughness, electrical, magnetic, or other properties.
	Buffing / Polishing		Polishing, buffing, and belting processes are metal smoothing operations that change the surface appearance of a metal. These operations can be for aesthetic and/or functional purposes.
	Cut to Length		Companies can cut roll-formed materials to customer-specified lengths.
	End Forming		Companies produce forms on the ends of tubes. Examples include chamfers, flanges, end reduction, end expansion, doming or rounding, beading, and flaring.
	End Flattening		Companies either flatten or bend and flatten the ends of tubes. Many flattening variations can be obtained.
	Machining		Companies have machining capabilities. Machining is the removal of material through milling, turning, drilling, and other processes.
	Painting / Powder Coating		Companies apply paint to provide a protective and/or decorative coating. Powder coating is a finishing technology in which dry paint particles are electrostatically charged and applied to a smooth surface. Electrostatic attraction holds powder particles on the part surface until heat is added to flow the powder together and cure it. Parts must be electrically conductive. Although powder coating is most widely used on metal parts, recent technological developments have broadened the type of substrates to include glass, special plastics and wood.
	Plating / Coating		Companies apply plating or coating to the surface of tubes and parts. Examples of plating and coating options include anodizing, galvanizing, zinc plating, copper plating, and nickel plating.
	Slotting & Notching		Companies produce slots or notches in tubes and parts.
	Piercing & Punching		Companies punch or pierce holes in tubes. The two main styles are dimple hole punching and mandrel hole punching. In dimple punching, a dimple is created in the tube during the punching operation. In mandrel punching, a mandrel is placed in the tube during punching to prevent the diameter geometry from being altered.
	Swaging		Swaging forms tubes through a rapid series of hammer blows. It can be used to point, size, reduce, shape, taper, bond or form metal parts through hot or cold processes. Swaging is economical, does produce any chips, improves grain structure and produces a fine finish.
	Telescopic Tube		Companies produce telescoping tubes, usually with a spring locking pin or other locking mechanism.
	Welding / Brazing		Companies perform welding or brazing operations.
	Other		Other unlisted secondary manufacturing capabilities.
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Materials



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	Aluminum		Aluminum is a bluish, silver-white, malleable, ductile, light-weight, trivalent metallic element that provides good electrical and thermal conductivity, high reflectivity, and resistance to oxidation.
	Copper, Brass or Bronze Alloy		Copper and copper alloys are non-ferrous metals with excellent electrical and thermal conductivity as well as good corrosion resistance, ductility and strength. Copper alloys are relatively easy to fabricate by forming, casting or machining. Pure copper is more difficult to weld, cast or machine. Brass, tin bronze, leaded brass, beryllium copper and zirconium copper are examples of copper alloys. Copper is also useful as an alloying element in aluminum alloys and powder metal based iron alloys. Copper is a versatile metal with applications in many industrial and commercial segments. Copper's high electrical conductivity (100% IACS) make it extremely useful in electrical and electronic applications.
	Steel - Carbon & Alloy		General-purpose carbon steel and mild steel or steel alloys contain chrome, nickel, molybdenum, vanadium or other elements to alter hardenability characteristics, toughness, hardness, corrosion resistance, and/or strength. Typically, "black pipe" is made of carbon steel.
	Steel - Stainless		Stainless steel is chemical and corrosion resistant and has relatively high pressure ratings. This selection includes all grades of stainless steel.
	Nickel / Nickel Alloy		Nickel and nickel alloys are non-ferrous metals with high strength and toughness, excellent corrosion resistance, and superior elevated temperature properties. Nickel can also be magnetized. Nickel's properties result in the use of nickel alloys in jet engine super-alloy components, corrosion resistant chemical process equipment (valves, piping, and pumps), magnets and electrical resistance alloys, and heating elements. Nickel is also a useful alloying element in stainless, tool, maraging and other alloy steels.
	Titanium		Commercially pure (CP) titanium provides excellent corrosion resistance and is an important choice for some chemical processing applications. Typically, CP titanium provides better corrosion resistance and formability, but lower strength than alpha-beta titanium alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V.
	Specialty/Other		Other unlisted, proprietary or specialized material capabilities.
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Services


	Support and Production Services
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	Assembly Services		Companies provide component assembly services.
	CAD / CAM Support		Companies provide computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) services.
	Design Assistance		Companies assist with concepts, manufacturing costs, manufacturing techniques and material considerations. Companies may also be able to assist in upgrading or redesigning, re-evaluating or modernizing existing products to increase performance and/or reduce manufacturing costs. Some companies offer material sourcing and CAD modeling as well.
	Prototype		Companies create prototypes to lend substance to ideas or investigate true manufacturing costs.
	Low Volume Production		Companies perform low volume production runs. Typically, run times are shorter than one week.
	High Volume Production		Companies perform high volume production runs. Typically, run times are longer than one week.
	Just-In-Time Capability		Companies provide just-in-time manufacturing capabilities that reduce the need for inventory maintenance.
	Packaging / Shipping		Companies pack and ship products to other facilities for further processing or final packaging and shipment to individual end customers. Services include bulk shipments.
	Other		Other unlisted support and production services.
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Location



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	North America		Companies are located in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
	United States Only		Companies are located in the United States.
	Northeast US Only		Companies are located in the Northeast United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
	Southern US Only		Companies are located in the Southern United States, namely Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
	Southwest US Only		Companies are located in the Southwest United States, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
	Northwest US Only		Companies are located in the Northwest United States, namely Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
	Midwest US Only		Companies are located in the Midwest United States, namely Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
	Canada Only		Companies are located in Canada.
	South / Central America Only		Companies have facilities in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, or Chile; or in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, etc.
	Europe Only		Companies are located in Europe, namely Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, etc.
	South Asia Only		Companies are located in South Asia, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.
	Near East Only		Companies are located in the Near East, namely Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
	East Asia / Pacific Only		Companies are located in East Asia, namely China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.
	Other		Other unlisted countries or regions.
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