Frequently Asked Questions

You can submit a quote here. When submitting a quote, please let us know:

• Drawing of the required part with specifications
• Estimated annual number of parts or linear foot volume
• Required material and material specifications
• Required finishes
• Shipment location
• Project timeline preferences
• Part dimensions

Having this information from the beginning will help us provide a quote faster.

An MMC representative will contact you within 48 hours to provide your quote or request additional information needed to create one.

Once you accept your quote, we will send information to run a credit risk assessment if your project requires financing.

MMC Roll Forming only supports high-volume production. We process over 32 million pounds of material annually and have 14 roll forming machines in-house to support complex profiles.

MMC only accepts projects requiring 10,000 linear feet or more of material due to tooling costs. For short-run productions, please consider press braking.

Lead time varies based on the number of products we’re producing, whether pre-made tooling is available for your project, and the profile's complexity. Your sales representative can provide a more specific lead time estimate before your project begins.

Tooling is the primary upfront cost in roll forming, and the factors that influence that cost include part complexity, profile depth, thickness, required tolerances, and required features.

Once tooling is developed, thousands of parts can be roll formed. While MMC strives to offer pre-made tooling when possible, every project is different, and some may require custom tooling.

Beyond tooling, material type and thickness influence roll forming costs.

Yes. MMC frequently works with clients requiring NDAs. When submitting a quote, please let us know that your project requires an NDA, and we will execute it before requesting technical drawings and additional specifications.

No. MMC doesn’t sell pre-made roll-formed profiles.

MMC can produce L-shape, U-shape, H-shape, Z-section, J-channel, and other custom profiles. We can make up to 21 passes to support complex profiles and tighter tolerances. We do not manufacture ring shapes, tubes, pipes, or cones.

Roll forming is a continuous shaping operation in which sheet or coiled metal is plastically deformed along the linear axis. Rolls set in pairs (top and bottom) form the metal in a series of progressions until the desired cross-section is reached.

There are many economies available through roll forming. Less labor is involved than with multiple stamping or press operations. Many operations, such as piercing and punching, can be included in-line on a roll form set-up. Roll forms can be cut off at almost any length using the same set of tools – tools for each length of a part are not required as with a stamping die. Material utilization is very high – there is very little waste.

Like any other metal manufacturing process, roll forming has a sweet spot. Roll forming is great for projects with:

• High Volume – Roll forming is most cost-effective for orders of 10,000+ parts. This is especially true if the order and design are highly repeatable.
• Feature Attractions: Metal channel designs that require intricate bends, holes, notches, knockouts, labels, stamping, or embossing – or a combination of two or more of these happen in line with no additional operations necessary.

Virtually any bendable metal can be roll formed. Roller Die has experience forming:

• Aluminum – Common and heat treatable alloys
• Brass
• Bi-metals
• Coated Metals – clad, galvanized, pre-finished, pre-painted, and vinyl laminated
• Coated Alloys – for aerospace, petrochemical and military applications
• Copper and Copper alloys
• Steel – Carbon, alloy and stainless steel, HSLA, cold rolled, hot rolled, all commercial quality steel and aluminized or galvanized steel
• Tin alloys
• Titanium