Background Information

Application: Flowforming and Metal Forming for Food Processing Applications

Part: Freezing Cylinder

Material Formed: 304 SST (Considered difficult to form)

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Before: Customer Requirements
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Sanitary finish on inside diameter

Very uniform wall thickness, diameter and roundness

Heavier bottom and flange for welding on other components and uniform sidewall



After: PMF Improvements
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Very accurately controlled changes in wall thickness (i.e.: no taper from bottom to open end)

Extremely uniform diameter from top to bottom

No compromise to meet customer's ideal design requirements