Advanced Hydroforming Provides Substantial Savings In Weight, Tooling Costs, Raw Materials And Operations Costs.
Vari-Form’s production validated process is currently manufacturing over 3.2 million components per year for customers world-wide.
|
Stamped Design |
Vari-Form Design |
Savings |
|
|
# Components |
17 |
10 |
7/53% |
|
Mass |
36 lbs/16.5 kg |
25.4 lbs/11.5 kg |
30% |
|
Investment |
Base |
|
$6.0 million |
|
Stamped Design |
Vari-Form Design |
Savings |
|
|
# Components |
6 |
1 |
5/83% |
|
Mass |
26.4 lbs/12 kg |
17.5 lbs/7.9 kg |
34% |
|
Investment |
Base |
|
$1.2 million |
|
Stamped Design |
Vari-Form Design |
Savings |
|
|
# Components |
3 |
1 |
2/67% |
|
Mass |
6 lbs/2.72 kg |
3 lbs/1.36 kg |
50% |
|
Investment |
Base |
|
5 times |
| Test |
Test Tubular vs. Stamping |
Source |
|
Torsional Stiffness |
2.3 x greater |
FEA |
|
Torsional Strength |
5.3 x greater |
Actual test |
|
Bending Stiffness |
1.1 x greater |
FEA |
|
Bending Strength |
3.2 x greater |
Actual test |