Hot rolled steel is a versatile material widely used in the manufacturing of various components. Produced through a heating process that shapes the steel at high temperatures, it offers excellent strength, durability, and flexibility. Its robust properties and ability to withstand extreme conditions make it a top choice for precision stamping and forming processes.
With over 25 years, Worthy specializes in providing high-quality hot rolled steel stamping solutions tailored to your unique needs.Our stamping maches range from 25 tons to 500 tons, and the thickest material is up to 12 mm.As As an ISO certified company, we are committed to providing excellent services for your hot rolled steel stamping project.
What is Hot Rolled Steel Stamping?
Hot rolled steel stamping refers to the process of using high-temperature steel that has been rolled and shaped into thin sheets to create precise and complex parts through stamping. This involves placing the heated steel sheet into a stamping press, where it is molded, cut, or shaped using various dies. The heat makes the steel more malleable, allowing for intricate designs and shapes to be achieved with less force.
Properties of Hot Rolled Steel
Hot rolled steel has several key properties that make it a popular choice for many applications:
- Strength and Durability: Hot rolled steel is known for its excellent tensile strength, making it ideal for heavy-duty applications.
- Malleability: The heating process makes the steel easier to shape and form, allowing for complex designs.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Due to the mass production process, hot rolled steel is more affordable compared to other forms of steel.
- Versatility: It can be used in various industries, including automotive, construction, and machinery.
- Surface Texture: Hot rolled steel typically has a rough surface finish, which can be refined depending on the requirements.
- Resistance to High Temperatures: It can withstand extreme heat without losing its structural integrity.
Disadvantages of Hot rolled Steel
- Surface Finish: The surface of hot rolled steel is often rough and can have scale, which may require additional processing or finishing.
- Dimensional Accuracy: Hot rolled steel may have less precise dimensions compared to cold rolled steel, making it unsuitable for applications requiring tight tolerances.
- Oxidation: Due to exposure to high temperatures, hot rolled steel can be prone to oxidation, which may lead to rusting if not properly treated.
- Internal Stresses: The heating and cooling process can create internal stresses within the material, potentially affecting its performance in some applications.
- Limited Aesthetic Options: The rough surface finish and lack of polish can limit the material’s visual appeal for certain products.
- Weaker Surface Hardness: Hot rolled steel typically has a lower surface hardness than cold rolled steel, which may impact wear resistance in some uses.
Hot Rolled Steel Stamping Operations Involved :
Blanking: Blanking is the process of cutting out flat shapes (blanks) from a large sheet of hot rolled steel. These blanks are the starting point for further stamping operations. The shape of the blank is determined by the design of the die used in the press.
Bending: Bending involves deforming the hot rolled steel sheet along a straight line to create angles or curves. The process is often used to form complex shapes such as brackets, panels, and housings. Bending is done by applying force to the hot rolled steel with a press brake, which pushes the material over a die to achieve the desired angle.
Forming: Forming is a general term for shaping the hot rolled steel sheet into more complex, three-dimensional forms. This operation typically involves stretching, compressing, or manipulating the material into shapes like deep-drawn cups, trays, or other structural components.
Piercing: Piercing is the process of creating holes or slots in the hot rolled steel sheet. This is typically done with a punch press, where a punch forces the material into a die, creating a clean hole.
Coining: Coining is a high-pressure stamping operation used to create intricate, detailed designs or features on the surface of the hot rolled steel sheet. It can be used to produce fine details, such as logos, text, or texture.
Hot Rolled Steel Stamping Grades
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Hot Rolled Steel Stamping Applications
Hot Rolled Steel Automotive
Used for body panels, frames, and structural components requiring durability and strength.
Hot Rolled Steel Construction
Ideal for beams, columns, and structural parts in buildings, bridges, and infrastructure projects.
Hot Rolled Steel Appliances
Common in manufacturing household appliances like refrigerators, washers, and dryers.
Hot Rolled Steel Machinery
Used for machine components such as gears, shafts, and structural parts.
Hot Rolled Steel Transportation
Used in manufacturing components for rail, marine, and commercial vehicles.
Hot Rolled Steel Heavy Equipment
Used for parts in construction and mining machinery requiring high strength.
Hot Rolled Steel Agricultural
Found in farm machinery components like plows, harrows, and seeders.
Hot Rolled Steel Stamping Finishes
Hot rolled steel stamping finishes can vary depending on the application and processing requirements. Common finishes include mill scale, a rough texture formed during the rolling process, which may need further treatment for smoothness. Pickling removes the oxide layer, leaving a cleaner surface. Galvanized finishes offer corrosion resistance by coating the steel with zinc. Other finishes, like painted or powder-coated, provide additional protection and aesthetic appeal for specific industries.
Learn more about the surface finishes we offer.
Why Choose Worthy?
In-house Tooling
Well equipped with EDM, bending machines, laser cutting machines,welding machines, all the tools and die are made by ourself. Meanwhile the tools and dies are saved well.
Rich Experience
25 years in the tool and die design, perfect dies could make pefect stamping parts. Well trained and stable employess can reduce the mistake, and improve the production speed. Save cost for our customers.
Strict Quality
As the ISO 9001:2015, certified quality management system, all the team, material and machines are in regular status of quality assurance, we make it correct at the first time not only to ourselves, but also to our customers.
Customer Testimonials
In the past 25 years, our clients are all over the world, including the world’s top 500 companies such as Jabil, ABB, Medtronic and so on.
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Justin, CEO of a lighting company
With most factories, I have a moment of fear before I open their boxes. Will the components be made correctly? Do they care about quality? It is often a war. And Dennis has to fight the war, treating most factories like small children!
But, not your company. You’re company is world-class. You make beautiful components! Thank you very much for your hard work. We will work together for many lifetimes!
David, General manager for a family owned business
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