The right process starts with the part.
NETFORM brings cold forming, flowforming, precision machining, automation, and selected finishing operations together across four specialized facilities. The manufacturing route depends on the geometry, material, production requirements, and needs of the program.
Three core manufacturing paths.
The right process depends on what the component needs to become. Start with the geometry, material, production requirements, and application, then evaluate the manufacturing path that fits.
Cold Forming 
Flowforming
Percision Machining
Cold Forming
Shape metal at room temperature using high-tonnage presses. In suitable designs, cold forming can preserve favorable material flow, consolidate operations, and reduce or eliminate selected welds, fasteners, or secondary machining.
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Flowforming
Form a preform into a precision rotational component. Flowforming can support thin-wall geometry, dimensional control, lower-mass designs, and favorable strength characteristics when the material, geometry, and production requirements fit the process.
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Precision Machining
CNC turning and milling support components across a wide range of geometry and production requirements, from complex low-volume work to high-volume automated machining. The specific machining route depends on the part, volume, application, and facility fit.
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Supporting the manufacturing route.
Not every requirement ends with forming or machining. NETFORM facilities provide automation, finishing, and secondary operations where they fit the component and production plan.
Finishing & Secondary Operations
Selected operations across NETFORM facilities include phosphate coating, deburring, broaching, hydraulic piercing, light assembly, and related finishing steps. Availability depends on the facility, component, and program requirements.
Capabilities that can work together.
The right manufacturing route may use one NETFORM capability or combine several. For a suitable program, a component may begin with blanking and cold forming at NETFORM Maumee, then move to NETFORM Shelby for flowforming, machining, or selected finishing operations.
The route depends on the part geometry, material, production volume, quality requirements, and application.
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Not sure which capability fits your component?
Bring us the geometry, material, production requirements, and manufacturing challenge. NETFORM can review the application and help identify which forming, machining, or integrated process route may be worth evaluating.
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