Brake Forming

In this operation, bending is employed to form angles, z-sections, channels and circular cross sections including pipe. The tooling consists of unheated dies or heated female and male dies.

Design Advantages:

• Simple brackets and clips can be formed easily and quickly
• Multiple bends can create complex parts
• Specialized tooling is not required
• In-house stress relief eliminates springback and residual stresses

Business Advantages:

• Extremely cost effective for simple parts
• Shorter lead time

Related Markets:

Aerospace

RTI is the leading supplier of specialty metals for the aerospace industry and has an unbeatable range of manufacturing capabilities, product forms, and service offerings.

Defense

Technologies pioneered by RTI have made the defense industry more capable, deployable, and sustainable.

Energy

RTI International Metals is the sole company specializing in the energy market with in-house core competency in titanium and specialty metals.  Get the focus, the dedicated thinking, and the market-specific innovation you need.

Medical

Titanium is resistant to attack by body fluids, has high strength and is compatible with MRI and CT procedures which makes it a useful material for medical devices.

Performance Sports

Titanium has attractive characteristics, such as high strength-to-wight ratio and corrosion resistance, that are highly valuable in many different types of sports applications.

Contact RTI to see how this process can benefit your project.