Commercial Trailer Parts

Trucking is vital to the U.S. supply chain, with roll forming providing efficient economical, structural, and decorative parts for commercial trailers, from semi frames to livestock components.

Roll Forming for Commercial Trailer Parts

Structural chassis components are the bulk of the industry. Do you want interior doors that protect drivers during a crash?
Use roll formed parts.

The back structural components and the chassis on trailers and trucks are roll formed. Every type of roll formed channel can be used to build the interior framing/skeleton for the cabs. Hat and box channels make sturdy, lightweight frames.

The inside of enclosed trailers often has a series of exposed framing members that accept straps to secure loads.
Decorative metal trim spruces up the outside and covers up seams.

Roll Forming Advantages

Commercial trailer parts need a high volume of long, slender components, which is roll forming’s specialty. Roll forming is a highly repeatable process. Once the tooling is in place, roll forming produces components more consistently than other metal shaping processes, even over long runs.

Why should you consider roll forming for commercial trailer parts? Roll forming can fabricate parts with:

Huge volumes
Tolerance control
Complex profiles
Inline punching for accepting mating parts or wiring harnesses
Tricky hole patterns
Pristine finishes

Hole punching, bending, and cutting to length can easily fit into one continuous process rather than separate steps.

Roll forming is a more cost-effective and productive method in all these cases.