Yoder Supplies Roll Former & Tooling Set for Strut

Yoder recently supplied a set of combination roll tooling and a twenty-four station rafted QVW-200 for producing strut channel.  The tooling set can produce 10 sizes of strut profile from 13/16” to 3-1/4” profile height in 12 and 14 gauge thickness for mild carbon steel, G60 hot dipped galvanized steel, 304 and 316 stainless steel.  This combination tooling set is a duplicate that has been provided to the customer before.  Yoder’s unique tooling design minimizes changeover between profile sizes and eliminates the expensive flange rolls that are typical of competitor’s strut tooling design.  This design functionality enables the customer to quickly change over to the less common strut sizes, for short order production.

Yoder roll forming solutions are purposefully designed and manufactured to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.

Yoder Introduces XW-Series Forming Machines

Yoder recently introduced its XW-series of driven forming stands for roll forming and tube mills. The three models of XW-Series driven stands incorporate a rigid, gusseted housing design, which has years of proven performance in the QVW-Series machines, with the additional feature of bottom shaft adjustment.  The design is reverse compatible with the QVW-Series roll stands, so they can be installed on existing installations with no modifications.  The bottom shaft adjustable design adds the ability to form deeper sections and performer greater amounts of reshaping on a roll former or tube mill, than was previously available in similar models.  The QVW-Series machine will continue to be the standard, universal driven design, with the option of the XW-Series available when the applications require.

Yoder’s XW- and QVW-Series roll forming machines are rugged, scalable solutions to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications. For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.

Yoder Supplies Tier 1 Automotive Tooling

Yoder recently supplied tooling to a Tier 1 Automotive supplier for door trim.  The tooling is designed for forming a specialty polymer coated steel for use in roll forming door trim on the customer’s existing M-1 ½ machines.  Yoder’s experience with this material was especially important, as the thick coating is particularly sensitive to the forming pressures of steel.  This is the fourth such application Yoder has provided tooling for in recent years. 

Yoder’s roll forming tooling is purposefully designed and manufactured to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.

Yoder Upgrades M-2 Tube Mill

Yoder recently performed a major upgrade to a 75 year old M-2 tube mill, including roll stands, turkshead and drive system.   All the driven roll stands were replaced with new-style M-2 units.  The new style units will allow the customer to produce a larger diameter tube than they could previously. The tube mill stands include the gusseted outboard housing for improved rigidity, Additionally, the new double turkshead improves control of part straightness.  Finally, the drive system was upgraded from 2-motors to 3, effectively doubling the mill speed without any tooling modifications

Yoder’s M-Series tube mills are a time tested, rugged, scalable solutions to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.

Yoder Supplies M-1 ½ High Speed Mill Rebuild

Yoder recently supplied a manufacturer of ceiling grid the rebuild of M-1 ½ Roll forming stands for a high speed roll former .  The rebuilds include upgrading to latest, gusseted outboard housing, for increased rigidity, as well as the oil shielding and seals to insure proper lubrication at high production rates.  This is Yoder’s fourth facility providing rebuilds and capability upgrades for this customer.

Yoder’s roll forming machines and tooling are purposefully designed and manufactured to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.