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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (11): 279-300.doi: 10.3901/JME.2025.11.279

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Status of Research and Development Trend of Roll Forming Technology

HAN Fei, NING Zihuai   

  1. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144
  • Received:2024-06-19 Revised:2024-12-03 Published:2025-07-12

Abstract: Roll forming is a material-saving, energy-saving, high-efficiency sheet metal forming process, which has been widely used in the construction industry, automotive manufacturing, transportation and many other fields. At present, the research and production of roll forming technology are mainly based on the traditional uniform section shape, but the arrival of Industry 4.0 puts forward new requirements and trends for the future development of roll forming. In order to improve the scope of application of roll forming and meet higher product requirements, some technologies such as flexible roll forming and hot roll forming continuously developed and researched. More efficient, precise and flexible roll forming equipment comes into being with the in-depth study of cutting-edge technology. The research and development status of the theory research, process research, advanced technology, equipment development and intelligent manufacturing of roll forming technology are reviewed. In addition, the advanced development of roll forming in various application fields in recent years are presented, and the key problems and breakthrough points of roll forming are pointed out.

Key words: roll forming, sheet metal forming, finite element analysis, intelligent manufacturing

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