Metal  Shapes Manufacturing

Company Profile and Background

Metal Shapes was first incorporated in 1957 in Woodstock, Ontario as a Custom Slitting House. Early in the 1960’s roll forming was introduced to complement the existing slitting operation. Today the company’s facilities include over 150,000 sq. ft of plant space on over 20 acres of industrial land.

The plant includes 17 roll forming lines ranging from 6 to 20 forming passes with shaft diameters ranging from 1” to 4”, this assures that we always have the right size machine to form the customers desired section, in the most efficient and economical manner possible. All lines feature Ams XL series microprocessor controlled cut to length and prenotch systems. This allows for very accurate and consistent hole patterns to be prenotched in the flat steel prior to forming on the rolling mill. This offers great advantages in accuracy and cost reduction when compared to conventional drilling or punching after forming of the shape. Some lines incorporate 2 separate prenotch presses up to 200 tons to produce complex or large hole patterns with ease.

Materials processed range from .015 to .250 inches thick and up to 25” of developed width. Part lengths up to 60 feet have been produced, both ferrous and Non-ferrous metals are formed with ease. Pre-painted, Vinyl coated, and high yield materials have all been successfully prenotched and formed.

Punch presses up to 400 tons with bolster plates of up to 18”x144” are also used where pre-notching is not a viable alternative. There is also a complete machine shop with CNC Lathe and Mills equipped to manufacture and maintain tooling located in house, ensuring short lead-time for new sections.

Metal Shapes has a complete line of proprietary tooling to produce sections for the Transport Trailer, Greenhouse, Fencing, Dunnage, Warehouse Racking, Cable Tray, Window and Doors and Farm Implement Industries. A complete selection of C-channels, U-channels and angles are also available. Tooling for 800 different sections is in stock.

Quantities range from several thousand to several million feet per order. Metal shapes engineers are always ready to assist the customer in deciding if a part qualifies for roll forming as well as optimizing product design for the most economical production of any desired part. With the large amount of tooling on hand start up tooling costs are minimized or often completely eliminated depending on the complexity of the shape.