Pros / Cons
Advantages:
- It is a mass production process.
- Production rates are rapid. Forming speeds can rum as high
as 300 ft/min for some shapes and average of 50 to 100 ft/min
for most applications.
- The low labor cost and the savings in material cost provide
very low cost production if quantities are large enough to
amortize the initial tooling and equipment charges.
Disadvantages:
- Generally, production requirements in excess of 100,000 ft/year
are necessary before the process becomes economical
- Setup times are lengthy due to the large number of tooling
elements that are interrelated.
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