Superformed Aluminium »

Useful technical info if you need to make custom panels, for instance. Superforming is a hot forming process in which a sheet of aluminium is heated to 450 to 500 degrees centigrade and then forced onto or into a single surface tool to create a complex three dimensional shape from a single sheet. You can make a huge range of interesting things - toolmaking is direct from digital outputs - have a look round the site.