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Chipless Metal Forming Systems for Defense Production
ADS supplies forming technology across a variety of chipless metal forming processes. You don't need to choose a manufacturer or piece together your production. ADS does that for you, matching the platform and machine to the component, volume, and region where it has to be produced.
Forming Technology Platforms
Five platforms. Most components need more than one of them, and working out the sequence is the part ADS does.
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Flow Forming Systems
Forward and reverse flow forming for long, rotationally symmetric hollow parts, with wall thickness held to tight tolerance.
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CNC Metal Spinning Systems
Computer controlled spinning for domes, cones, housings and end closures, from prototype through series production.
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Hot Spinning & Shear Forming
Heated forming and neck forming for high pressure cylinders, composite cylinder liners and shear formed shapes.
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Automated Production Cells
Machines delivered as complete cells, with robotic load and unload, conveyors, guarding, integrated controls, monitoring and reporting.
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Rotary Forging
Rotary forging by cold deformation, for grain flow and mechanical strength in Inconel, titanium, aluminum and specialty alloys.
Solutions
From Single Machine to Factory-Ready Production Line
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Turnkey Factory
Complete production lines: forming machines, tooling, automation, controls and commissioning, delivered as one scope.
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Defense Manufacturing Readiness
Capacity that can be stood up against a program schedule rather than a catalog lead time.
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Regional Manufacturing & Supply Chain Alignment
US or European production, so sourcing follows the compliance and content rules the program is written against.
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Lifecycle Support & Sustainment
Tooling, spares, process support and operator training for the life of the line.
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Purpose-built for defense
Ordnance, missile and pressure vessel work is what these machines were designed around, not an adaptation of commercial equipment.
Defense Applications
Mission-Critical Components ADS Systems Produce
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Conical shells
Shell bodies and ammunition components, formed to consistent wall thickness at series volume.
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Missile bodies
Propulsion cylinders, Motor cases, and long cylindrical structures in high-strength steels and specialty alloys.
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Launcher structures
Structural assemblies and housings, spun and shear formed rather than fabricated.
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Pressure vessels
Cylinders, composite cylinder liners, domes and end closures, cold or hot formed.
Not sure which platforms your part needs?
Send the part envelope, the material and annual volume. We’ll identify the processes it takes, the systems that run them, and the production base.