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HSTR 500

The HSTR 500 is a high-precision horizontal flow forming machine designed to manufacture long, rotationally symmetric hollow components with exceptional accuracy and surface quality.

The machine enables forming of high-strength materials such as stainless steels, maraging steels, and Inconel alloys. With thickness reductions of up to 90% in a single forming pass, the HSTR 500 is optimized for demanding aerospace, defense, and high-performance industrial applications.

The flow forming process improves the material's metallurgical properties by optimizing grain flow and refining the microstructure, resulting in superior mechanical performance and component reliability.

WF Maschinenbau VSTR 500 vertical flow forming machine on a raised steel platform with guarded operator access and overhead extraction

  • Key capabilities

    • High-precision flow forming of rotationally symmetric hollow components

    • Outstanding accuracy in wall thickness, run-out, straightness and surface quality

    • Processing of high-strength materials including Stainless Steels and Inconel alloys

    • Up to 90% wall thickness reduction in a single forming pass

    • Improved material properties through optimized grain flow

  • Typical applications

    • Missile bodies

    • Rocket motor cases

    • Launcher structures

    • High-performance pressure vessels

    • Aerospace and defense cylindrical structures

Manufactured by WF Maschinenbau, Sendenhorst, Germany

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