Roll Tooling
Engineered Around
the Finished Profile

SAMCO designs and manufactures roll tooling to translate profile requirements into a controlled forming sequence. Tooling can be developed for SAMCO equipment or engineered to replace and retrofit tooling on existing rollformers.

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Where Profile Engineering Becomes Forming Reality

Roll tooling determines how flat strip is progressively shaped through each stand of the rollformer. The design of that forming sequence influences dimensional consistency, strip behaviour, surface quality, and the ability to run the profile repeatedly at production speed.

Tooling Developed From
the Profile Backward

SAMCO begins with the finished profile and develops the roll pass sequence required to achieve it. Geometry, material behaviour, springback, forming contact, and station-to-station progression are considered together so that the tooling supports a stable path to the finished section.

Profile & Material Review

The finished geometry, material properties, tolerances, and production requirements establish the tooling design inputs.

Roll Pass Development

The progressive forming sequence is developed to control how the strip changes shape from stand to stand.

3D Tooling Design

Tooling is modeled digitally to check geometry, assembly, clearances, and consistency across the forming sequence.

Simulation Where Required

SAMCO uses COPRA® FEA for many new or complex designs to evaluate forming behaviour before physical tooling is produced.

Designed, Manufactured, and Proven Before Production

SAMCO manufactures roll tooling and can validate new roll sets on tooling tryout mills before shipment. This helps identify adjustment needs in a controlled environment and reduces the amount of production time required to bring replacement or new tooling into service.

In-House Tooling Manufacture

Tooling design moves directly into machining and finishing within SAMCO’s manufacturing environment.

Tryout Capability

New roll sets can be tested on a rollformer before shipment to verify forming performance and setup.

Production Readiness

Required throughput helps shape drive capacity, controls, cut-off approach, and supporting line functions.

Tooling for New and

Existing Rollformers

SAMCO can design tooling for new production requirements and replace tooling on existing rollforming equipment, including machines not originally supplied by SAMCO. This makes the tooling capability relevant both to new-line projects and to manufacturers looking to introduce new profiles, restore worn tooling, or improve an existing forming process.

Have a Profile That Needs the
Right Tooling Strategy?

Share your profile drawing, material requirements, existing machine
information, or production challenge with SAMCO to start a tooling review.

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