Flowhole-forming - Flowform® - ARNOLD UMFORMTECHNIK

Flowform^®
The innovative sheet metal fastener

In sheet-metal joining, the market trend is ever thinner sheet metals, and the fasteners used need to be predominantly high strength. Materials combinations are becoming ever more challenging. This is where conventional joining processes often reach their limits. ARNOLD’s answer to these challenges is called Flowform^®. This flow-hole and thread-forming screw from ARNOLD provides a fully automated join, with no pre-drilling required, and single-sided access. Flowform^® fastenings is a very economical and reliable joining method.

Flowform^®
The sheet metal joining technology of the future

The market’s demands

Reducing assembly time
Reducing assembly costs and the number of variants
CO₂ Reducing
Flexibility of the system for a wide variety of applications
Higher manufacturing tolerance requirements and mechanical joining processes

ARNOLD provides the solution

Flowform^®
The innovative sheet metal fastener

Technical advantages of Flowform^®

A joining technology with single side access
Manual screwdriving can be deployed in fully pre-drilled combination
Fastening process on non predrilled clamping parts
Very good fastening performance
Detachable fastening
Can join materials of different types and of the same type with cycle time for join < 4 sec.

Commercial advantages of Flowform^®

Saves on upstream processes
Efficient solution saves additional costs
Reduces number of parts, handling of parts and the amount of installation space required