Glossary

Roll-forming

Roll-forming revolves around the process of bending a continuous strip of metal through a series of shaped rolls.

The process gradually forms metal into a pre-determined shape. The nature of forming metal by this process allows for very tight tolerances to be met and maintained.

Ref: 120972/2006-10-08


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