It can be used to embellish the edges of office desks, or to protect workbenches on factory or shop floors. Other common uses include doorways in schools, offices, hospitals and many other commercial or institutional settings. Windows often feature some kind of metal trim. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Samson Roll Formed Products Company
Skokie, IL | 847-965-6700Our roll forming is among the best in the world. Located in Chicago, Illinois we are able to provide products to the world. We have technicians that are able to work with you in order to come up with the product that you have been searching for.
Johnson Bros. Roll Forming Co.
Berkeley, IL | 708-449-7050Johnson Bros. is a leading manufacturer when it comes to roll forming metals, pre-finished and plain. Such as profiles, U-Channels, C-Channels, J-Channels, Hat Channels, Box Channels, Zee Channels, Strut Channels, moldings, and more.
United Roll Forming, Inc.
Elkhart, IN | 800-998-5940With over 50 years of experience, United Roll Forming specializes in roll forming for a variety of industries. Our products are the result of state-of-the-art machines that provide both quality and efficiency.
Roller Die & Forming Company, Inc.
Louisville, KY | 502-969-1327Producing five different standard products, as well as complicated roll forming sections and secondary operations such as notching, punching and fabricating, is Roller Die & Forming Company, Inc.
M.P. Metal Products, Inc.
Ixonia, WI | 920-261-9650ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer specializing in custom roll forming. Unique profiles are run in gauges from 0.005" to 0.165" and widths up to 48" on 35 lines. Adding in-line operations may enhance your product.
Premier Products of Racine, Inc.
Racine, WI | 262-633-2200Premier Products of Racine is a full-service company established in 1999 that provides custom roll formed products for applications such as outdoor appliances, tanker trucks, and office furniture.
Metal Trim - Samson Roll Formed Products CompanyMetal trim is designed in varying shapes, thicknesses, compositions, colors and to varying standards of functionality and aesthetic appeal; the range of possibilities is very wide. In industrial settings, metal trim is rarely designed to heighten visual appeal, but it is expected to protect edges from multiple impacts without becoming damaged itself.
Outside of industrial settings, for products like portable USB memory drives, many of which can feature decorative metal trim, functionality is less important than visual appeal. Because there exists such a range of metal trim varieties, an equally wide range of fabrication processes exists that allow for their creation.
Metal Trim - Samson Roll Formed Products CompanyThe simplest method of metal trim production is roll forming. Complicated or irregular pieces of trim can be produced in many other ways, but for the creation of uniform, simple metal trim, roll forming is likely the most efficient and cost-effective method. The roll forming process requires a roll former, which is a machine that contains a long series of rollers and a cutting system.
The roll forming process begins with a stock of metal strip, which can be aluminum, steel or any other metal product suitable for a trim application. The stock may be coiled or it can be in any other shape that allows for easy access to a steady stream of the product. That product is fed into the first rollers, which fit tightly around the contours of the strip.
Those rollers direct the strip to the second rollers in the series whose configuration is slightly different than the first rollers. This continues until the end of the series, at which point the rollers are configured in a shape that resembles the intended shape of the metal trim. The metal strip takes that shape and emerges from the roll former as uniform metal trim. It can then be cut and prepared for shipment.