Hudson Technologies, a leading U.S. manufacturer of deep drawn metal enclosures, is pleased to announce the launch of their newly redesigned website, specifically created to meet the shifting needs of industrial professionals.

For over 75 years, Hudson Technologies has been offering metal forming and deep drawn metal stamping services to the automotive, aviation, irrigation, and medical device industries, among many others. To maintain optimal product quality, Hudson Technologies ensures that their products meet stringent deep drawn metal manufacturing standards, holding current certifications for ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2003, AS9100C and ISO 14001:2004. They also lead the metal forming industry in green manufacturing efforts, and consistently meet both RoHS and REACH compliance benchmarks.

The Deep Drawn Stamping Process

The stamping process is considered deep drawn stamping, or deep draw, when a part is pulled (drawn) into a die cavity and the depth of the recess equals or exceeds the minimum part width.

Deep drawing uses radial tension-tangential compression to shape the metal. This process transforms flat sheet metal, or blank, into a hollow vessel that may be cylindrical or box-shaped, with straight or tapered sides or a combination of straight, tapered and curved sides.

The vessel is then redrawn through a series of dies, reducing its diameter and increasing its length with minimal change to the wall thickness.

Deep Draw Stampings Modifications

This form of stamping usually involves other forming operations to complete the part such as:

Beads, Ribs and Flanges: often used to impart rigidity to a part which otherwise might be too flexible and weak. Their judicious use may reduce required material thickness by as much as 50%.

Bulging: the process of expanding the walls of a cup, shell or tube with an internally expanding segmental punch or a punch composed of air, liquids, semi-liquids or of rubber and other elastomers; this expansion may be symmetrical or nonsymmetrical.

Coining: a closed-die squeezing operation in which all surfaces of the work are confined or restrained.

Curling: forming an rolled edge at the open end of a part.

Dimpling: localized indent forming, so as to permit the head of a rivet or a bolt to fasten down flush with the surface of the metal.

Embossing: a process that produces relatively shallow indentations or raised designs with no significant change in metal thickness.

Extruding: turning up or drawing out a flange around a smaller hole; also called “hole flanging.”

Holes: a shaped portion of metal is cut from the drawn part using conventional, extruding, or piercing punches.

Ironing: operation in which the thickness of the shell wall is reduced and its surface smoothed.

Marking: process to add identification such as numbers, letters or graphics to a part.

Necking: reducing the diameter of a portion of the length of a cylindrical shell.

Notches: shaped notches that are cut from the edge of the part; usually provided for clearance, locating or attaching.

Threading: threads are formed on a part using a wheel and arbor, tap or die.

Trimming: cutting scrap off a partially or fully shaped part to an established trim line.

Hudson Technologies specializes in drawn metal cases in a wide range of materials and shapes. Sizes range from 0.125 to 12.0 inches wide, and up to 12.0 inches deep.

Aside from improving their digital resource offering and accessibility, Hudson Technologies is also working to improve their own production capabilities with the recent acquisition of a Rofin UW1200 5-Axis Fiber Laser.

The Rofin UW1200 universal workstation laser allows for enhanced accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility in their processes while also providing a greater degree of precision in secondary processes such as hole, slot, and flange cutting. Allowing for the creation of highly accurate parts, the Rofin UW1200 is compatible with both 2D and 3D modeling and can process a wide range of materials, from standards like aluminum, steel, and stainless steel to difficult alloys like titanium and HY-MU 80. The Rofin 5-Axis laser will also allow Hudson Technologies to dramatically improve job turnaround time while reducing their tooling and punch inventory.

To explore Hudson Technologies’ online resources and learn more about their capabilities beyond their new Rofin UW1200 laser, check out their newly redesigned website (http://www.hudson-technologies.com/) today.