Acme Metal
Spinning, a well-known 88 year old metal spinning company, successfully
achieved production of four identical, 72" diameter, one-piece
design hemispherical parts.
Acme designed
and produced a laminated wood tooling pattern (a common technique
used in the metal spinning industry) for production of the hemispherical
parts. The tooling was designed on Acme's CAD system and then
machined on a 140" diameter capacity lathe.
Production
of the parts started out with 3/16" thick, type 304 stainless
steel blanks measuring almost 8 feet in diameter. The parts where
produced on a specially equipped hydraulic spinning lathe customized
by Acme to enhance part size and overall finish quality.
The four parts
measured 72" in diameter x 36" deep. Acme used an annealing
process during the production to help relieve material stress
and work hardening. Finally, the parts were polished to a #4
finish.
Acme is considered
a specialist in hemispherical and large diameter spinnings. Secondary
value-added operations can be easily incorporated on one of Acme's
additional CNC systems.
Other common
industries using components produced by Acme include:
- air-moving
- cryogenic
tank building
- food processing
- agricultural
- architectural.
If your requirements
are as small as .50" in diameter or as thick as 3/4"
in mild steel, Acme is your one-stop-source in metal spinnings.
