Download Practical Metal Forming & Fabrication Fundamentals by Joseph Call, TSM Production Design Engineer

This presentation was originally part of NARSA’s Heavy Duty Heating & Cooling Conference in Buffalo, New York in 2015.


Ever try to duplicate a radiator tank, shroud or maybe a side anchor and had to use the trial and error method to nally get it to end up the right height, width and depth? “It always comes up too short or too long”?

Joseph Call, product design engineer for Thermal Solutions Mfg., explains the fundamentals for fabrication of these components and parts that often required to be duplicated during the remanufacture and repair of heat transfer components. The presentation covers plate material selection (soft, hard, pickled, black, galvanized, SS 304 vs 316, gauges). It also breaks down bending for radiator tanks, side anchors and shrouds. Bending information will include selection of tool, blank length calculations, tolerance variations, radius selection, manual brake set-up, bending sequences as well considerations for single part, multi-part planning and duplication of parts.