Since 1983, Capps Manufacturing has been providing quality sheet metal forming for customers in the aerospace industry. We use a variety of metal forming services to provide aircraft sheet metal parts for business, military and commercial aircraft customers around the world.
Serving Commercial & Business Aviation Customers Worldwide
Stretch Forming
Capps Manufacturing is one of only a handful of sheet metal fabrication companies in the world who offer sheet metal stretch forming, including skin stretch forming and leading edge stretch forming for:
- Aluminum alloys
- Stainless steel
- Titanium
- Inconel
- Sheet skins
- Extruded shapes
- Roll formed shapes
- Press brake shapes
Sheet metal stretch forming is a metal shaping process that involves stretching sheet metal over a form die. Stretch forming is key in aerospace sheet metal fabrication for creating strong, lightweight aircraft parts in complex shapes.
With the bulldozer attachments on our Cyril Bath 800 ton stretch press, we can stretch form reverse forms. By replacing most drop hammer forming operations, we can fabricate parts that are more stable and less susceptible to deformation from residual stresses.
Fluid Cell Forming
Fluid cell forming is a sheet metal fabrication process used for deep drawing sheet metal parts using a bag press. In fluid cell forming, a soft rubber diaphragm is filled with highly pressurized fluid. This rubber bladder then presses flat sheet metal into and around a punch or die tool.
Capps Manufacturing uses fluid cell forming as part of our aerospace sheet metal forming services to fabricate complex parts with curved, hollow shapes.
Hydroforming
Similar to fluid cell forming, hydroforming uses fluid pressure to shape aluminum, stainless steel and other sheet metal into precise shapes. Hydroforming is used to produce seamless parts without welds.
Capps Manufacturing offers hydroforming as part of our sheet metal fabrication services.
Press Brake Forming
Press brake forming is an old metal shaping technique using press brake bend sheets of metal. A press brake is a machine that applies pressure to a punch and die set. This bends the metal along a straight axis into a V, U or channel shape.
Capps Manufacturing uses press brake metal forming to create a wide variety of aircraft sheet metal parts.
Roll Forming
Roll forming uses consecutive sets of rotating rolls to form sheet metal into shape. Rolled sheet metal parts are often used for structural aircraft parts because they provide tight tolerances for complex profiles.