Hydroforming

At Quick Draw & Machining, in addition to standard stamping and deep drawing, we offer hydroforming. This provides customers with a comprehensive selection of metal forming options.  Hydroforming is a unique process wherein a metal blank is formed using a pressurized bladder that forces the flat sheet into a die that is machined to be the negative of the part shape.  Since the pressures forming the part are completely uniform, stresses are evenly distributed resulting in much lower maximum stresses.

This even distribution of pressure also results in very uniform wall thickness, has an outstanding surface finish, reduces tooling costs – all while holding close tolerances.  Tolerances as tight as .002” can be held as needed to produce precision parts for customers in the aerospace, medical, scientific, defense, and automotive industries.

All shapes and materials form differently; our capabilities have an undefinable range with engineering knowledge.

This chart is an example of our average size range.