Stud and Track rollformer machine

Stud and Track used in Steel Framing

The use of steel framing in building construction has several advantages over the traditional reinforced concrete construction. The strength, resistance, durability and resilience of a steel stud make it an ideal material used in construction. Steel is also a non combustible product and so the height and area restrictions that concern combustible materials for a building do not apply to steel.

C Channel U Channel Roll Former

Typically, builders use a C channel with a U channel for steel stud framing in building construction and these channels are produced with the roll forming technique of metal fabrication.

The stud building machine forms the channels at room temperatures to lend extra strength and durability to each roll formed steel stud. The process of roll forming augments metal studs with adequate rigidity and has discrete advantages over other techniques for production of metal stud. As against press brake process, stamping and extrusion, roll forming is better for fabrication of a C channel and U channel used in steel framing because:

• It can produce parts with greater lengths, limited only by the length of the material being fed into the stud roll former
• It provides greater consistency and uniformity to the profile of metal stud
• It offers the flexibility to include all secondary operations in the same process of metal forming
• It gives a superior surface finish to each steel stud

Using the right process to produce steel framing materials is important and roll forming proves to be the most efficient and cost effective for same.