Project Management

Before forming a single part, the engineering team at FluidForming Americas will carefully determine the scope of work and estimated pricing. Typically, however, our projects kick off with a round of value engineering. FluidForming Americas uses finite element analysis (FEA) to confirm your team’s design and specifications. If necessary, our engineers may make suggestions for design improvements or offer cost-saving recommendations for your consideration.

During the FEA simulation period, FluidForming’s engineering team provides regular feedback to your team. Regular communication enables our clients to make changes and improve components before incurring tooling, material, and production costs. With each design variable change, FFA can run an additional FEA analysis and provide feedback. This highly iterative process ultimately saves time and money while improving your product’s performance.

Because FluidForming requires the use of a single tool — and the prototyping tool can be used as the production tool — tooling costs are typically 50-90% lower than legacy die casting tooling costs. Our metal forming machines, FormBalancers, can accommodate tooling methodologies ranging from inexpensive 3D printed tools to long-lasting metal tooling.

Depending on the scope of your project, more than one round of prototyping may be required. Thanks to our rapid prototyping capabilities, we’re able to keep the iteration process moving quickly and efficiently.

Our on-site FormBalancer 25 universal sheet metal and tube forming hydroforming press has a clamping force of 2,500 tons with a bed size of 800 mm x 800 mm with a maximum draw depth of up to 300 mm.

Our process is compatible with pre-painted, coated, textured, and pre-finished materials. We can also accommodate integrated branding and logos into the finished product. Post-production clamping, fixturing, and welding are non-existant to minimal. Our team carefully inspects each part in-process for quality assurance.