Elastoforming Presses and Fluid Cell Presses
Advanced Forming Solutions
Whether you’re manufacturing aerospace components, automotive parts, or industrial applications, our precision-engineered rubber pad forming presses, elastoforming presses, and fluid cell presses (also known as bladder presses) deliver reliable results for even the most complex designs. These advanced forming technologies offer versatility and precision by utilizing flexible forming media to accommodate a variety of geometries and materials.
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Advanced Forming Solutions
Whether you’re manufacturing aerospace components, automotive parts, or industrial applications, our precision-engineered rubber pad forming presses, elastoforming presses, and fluid cell presses (also known as bladder presses) deliver reliable results for even the most complex designs. These advanced forming technologies offer versatility and precision by utilizing flexible forming media to accommodate a variety of geometries and materials.
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Empower Your Operations with Precision and Customization
Combined with our automation capabilities, Macrodyne presses ensure increased productivity, precision and efficiency across your operations. From forming one-off parts for aircraft maintenance to full-scale production, our press systems are designed to adapt to your unique requirements, handling complex designs with ease and consistency.
With Macrodyne, you gain more than just a press. You gain a customized forming solution that enhances productivity and performance in today’s fast-paced and demanding manufacturing environment.
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Custom Press Solutions for Every Application
No matter your requirements, Macrodyne delivers. We design and manufacture presses with custom tonnage capacities, tailored to meet the unique needs of your operation. From small-scale applications to ultra-high-tonnage systems, our custom press solutions ensure maximum performance and reliability for even the most demanding projects.
Engineered Press Frames for Every Application
At Macrodyne, we design and build press frames tailored to your specific application, tonnage requirements and space available. Whether you need a monolithic frame for unmatched strength, a multiple-frame design for flexibility, or an advanced wire-wound frame for high-pressure applications, we deliver solutions that perform.
Our engineering expertise ensures that every frame is optimized for the demands of your operation.
Unlocking the Full Potential of Rubber Pad Forming in Aerospace Maintenance Through 3D Printing
The History of Rubber Pad Forming, Fluid Cell, and Elastoforming Technology
The roots of today’s advanced forming technologies stretch back nearly a century. The Guerin Process, developed in the 1930s, was a breakthrough in aerospace manufacturing, enabling the production of complex sheet metal parts with minimal tooling.
This technique used a rubber pad to press sheet metal into a die, simplifying the forming process and reducing costs.
This technique used a rubber pad to press sheet metal into a die, simplifying the forming process and reducing costs.
Around the same time, the Verson-Wheelon process emerged, introducing inflatable rubber diaphragms combined with hydraulic pressure to produce more intricate shapes than the rubber that Guerin could acquire.
This innovation laid the foundation for modern fluid cell presses. While these advancements were developed independently, they shared the same goal: efficient, flexible manufacturing with reduced tooling complexity.
A hundred years later, despite advancements in elastomers, the results achieved through the Guerin and Wheelon processes remain virtually identical, showcasing their enduring effectiveness.
These days, elastoforming presses represent a modern twist on these time-tested processes. Thanks to advanced elastomers (synthetic rubbers) that were not available 100 years ago, elastoforming presses now surpass fluid cell presses in their ability to form intricate, high-precision parts.
These synthetic rubber products offer greater durability and under pressure, flow like a liquid, delivering exceptional forming results for even the most complex geometries. Essentially, this modernized elastoforming technology matches or exceeds the performance of traditional fluid cell presses, while retaining the cost and flexibility advantages of the original Guerin Process.
This proven technology, revitalized by modern materials, 3D tool printing and automation, continues to play a critical role in industries like aerospace, where precision, efficiency and adaptability are paramount. At Macrodyne, we build on this legacy to design custom solutions that combine the best of elastoforming and fluid cell technologies for today’s manufacturing challenges.
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“A Review On Sheet Metal Rubber-Pad Forming” 2019
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