Cold Heading Cost and Technical Advantages
 Our cold heading processes offer stronger parts with uninterrupted grain structures of the metals providing for superior fatigue performance over machined parts. Cold formed parts are made to net, or near net shape, at higher speeds, with no material waste and with more material options. Cold forming is economical! We cold form parts at a high production rate – thousands of parts per hour - compared to screw machining, which runs at hundreds of parts per hour. Since in cold heading there is no metal removal, the material cost is minimized. There is no cutting away of scrap material for expensive recycling. Cold headed parts are formed to net shape, often with a high luster finish. It is common for cold formed parts to be priced at 50-70% of the cost of machined parts. |
 Depending on the material, you may actually see improved part strength due to cold work added during the process. We convert many parts from screw machine to cold forming. Our customers may realize cost savings, meet new ROHS requirements with our lead-free materials, or gain market share by employing a better performing material. With our own in house tooling capability Deringer-Ney, Marshall consistently beats the competition in new part development. Expedited samples and alternate material trials are handled quickly and to customer specifications. Our engineers will work with you to develop a totally new part or offer a cold formed version of your high priced screw machined part. Do you have an expensive screw machined part? We can help you! Many materials can be easily cold formed, but are not so easily screw machined. For example, nickel, Kovar, brass, steel, stainless steel, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and tantalum, are difficult to machine materials that we cold form every day. |
 For more information about the advantages of cold forming see our article in the August 2003 issue of Machine Design Magazine Banging out tiny parts. To discuss your application with a cold forming engineer, Call Tom Schieber at 828-649-0709 or use our contact us page. |