Corrugated Metals answers common questions about our roll forming services and the types of metal we roll form including steel, COR-TEN® steel, and aluminum.

Corrugated Metals
Frequently Asked Questions
Roll Forming

Our roll formed product and corrugated metal customers frequently ask similar questions concerning their needs for industrial roofing and siding products. Below are answers to common questions about our roll forming services.

	What is roll forming?
	What metals do you most frequently roll form?
	What is the thickest gauge you can roll form?
	What are roll formed products typically used for?
	Why should I consider roll forming my parts?

What is roll forming?

Roll forming is a process that takes metal sheet, usually coils, and passes it through a series of roller dies that progressively form the metal into the required profile or shape. The roll forming process can save end-users money since some operations, typically considered as secondary, can be combined in the roll forming operation.

What metals do you most frequently roll form?

We have expertise in handling most common metals your corrugated project requires. We typically work with steel, aluminum, hot-dipped galvanized G-90 through G-285, cold–rolled CQ (Commercial Quality), hot-rolled P&O (pickled and oiled) COR-TEN®, stainless steel, aluminized types 1 & 2, pre-painted sheet metal, and galvannealed.

What is the thickest gauge you can roll form?

We can roll form 10 gauge metal.

What are roll formed products typically used for?

Our products are used primarily in industrial roofing and siding applications plus panels for the transportation industry. Applications for our products include industrial and commercial buildings, agricultural storage facilities, chemical plants, manufacturing plants, airplane hangars, steel mills, food processing plants and many others.

Why should I consider roll forming my parts?

Roll forming offers many benefits including its strict consistent adherence to close tolerances. This allows Corrugated Metals to provide the shapes or profile you need consistently each order.

It is possible to eliminate many typical secondary operations by using the roll forming process reducing end-user costs. It is especially well suited to long continuous run projects.

The cut to length option roll forming offers helps reduce scrap costs and material storage needs.

However, the major advantage of roll forming is the increase in strength to weight ratio over plain sheet metal. This strength allows some shapes to be produced with thinner walls than competing processes, reducing material costs.

If you would like more information about Corrugated Metals and the services we provide, please call us at 1-800-621-5617, fill out our contact form or email us at info@corrugated-metals.com.