At jorgenson metal rolling forming located in santa ana california we specialize in tube rolling and pipe rolling.
How to roll sheet metal into a tube.
Forming radius bends in sheet steel would normally be done with slip rolls but acceptable work for a lot of jobs can be done using a piece of pipe.
Tip add a bead of silicone sealant along the overlapping edge if you require the cone to be water tight.
A segment of this top roll is pushed into the urethane bottom roll and this deflecting volume of urethane functions the same as hydraulic fluid in a hydroforming process exerting very high pressures against the steel roll.
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Essentially you should calculate the centerline arc.
Outside diameter thickness x 3 1416 length of plate required inside diameter thickness x 3.
This is 2 x 2 with a 25 wall thickness stainless square tube rolled into complete metal tube rings with an inside radius of 6 inches.
We do tube bending and tube rolling in steel aluminum and stainless steel.
When sheet metal is inserted between two such rolls the urethane wraps the sheet metal tightly against the steel roll.
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