Toledo Metal Spinning

10/26/2026

Some scary good sheet metal forming! 👻🎃

From stamping and deep drawing to hydroforming, we use a range of press forming processes to transform sheet metal into custom components with specific geometries and dimensional requirements.

Each process presents different considerations for material flow, tooling, forming depth, and part geometry. Selecting the right approach depends on the material, design complexity, production volume, and finished part requirements.

⚙️ Engineers and manufacturers, when evaluating a sheet metal forming process, which factor presents the biggest challenge in your experience: material behavior, geometric complexity, or dimensional accuracy? Let us know in the comments.

10/23/2026

No tricks, just finishing touches 👻 Forming the part is just one piece of the puzzle. Trimming, beading, edge rolling, welding, and polishing can help bring an application to its required final configuration.

At TMS, secondary operations help turn formed and fabricated metal into parts built to meet your specifications. Our secondary operations and finishing touches can make all the difference.

No tricks, just good manufacturing. Although it is spooky season🎃

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10/21/2026

Polishing does more than improve a part’s appearance. It can improve performance, durability, and cleanability. The right metal finish can help remove surface imperfections, improve resistance to wear and oxidation, and reduce friction in applications where material needs to flow smoothly.

For food processing, pharmaceutical, and sanitary equipment, polishing is especially important. Smoother surfaces are easier to clean and can help reduce material buildup and areas where contaminants may collect.

At TMS, we offer manual and robotic polishing to achieve finishes based on the component’s geometry and application requirements. From uniform brushed finishes to smoother sanitary surfaces, the finish is selected to meet the needs of the part.

When specifying a metal finish, what matters most for your application: appearance, wear resistance, or cleanability? Share your thoughts in the comments.

📖 Explore our Industrial Insight to learn more about the benefits of polishing 🔗➡️ https://toledometalspinning.com/benefits-of-the-polishing-process

10/20/2026

After forming, components may require trimming to meet specified dimensions, remove burrs, and create a clean, consistent edge. Depending on the part requirements, the edge can be trimmed straight, radiused, or beveled.

At TMS, skilled metal spinners can perform manual trimming on a lathe, using their experience and precision measuring tools to achieve tight dimensional tolerances. Trimming can also prepare parts for subsequent operations such as flanging, beading, and edge rolling, helping ensure the next forming step meets the required specifications.

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10/19/2026

How can a simple formed edge improve part performance? Beading and edge rolling are secondary forming operations that can add strength and functionality without requiring additional welds.

A formed bead can increase stiffness or create a circumferential groove for a gasket or seal. Edge rolling adds a radius to the part’s edge, helping reduce sharp edges and improve resistance to warping or oil canning.

At TMS, these features can be produced using manual edge rolling by skilled operators or dedicated beading equipment, depending on the part geometry and requirements.

👉 Have a component that needs beading or edge rolling? Submit your drawings and specifications for a quote 🔗➡️ https://toledometalspinning.com/request-a-quote

10/15/2026

At TMS, we manufacture metal hemispheres using specialized forming tooling to achieve consistent geometry without weld seams. Available materials include 304 and 316 stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and cold rolled steel, with multiple diameters and select straight wall configurations.

Hemispheres can also be customized with holes, fittings, and hardware to meet specific dimensional and functional requirements. Seamless construction makes them especially useful for applications where structural integrity and cleanability are important.

From industrial components to architectural applications, TMS provides formed hemispheres built around your requirements.

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Discover how Toledo Metal Spinning forms 100% seamless hemispheres ...

10/14/2026

By forming a component from a single metal blank, we can eliminate weld seams, reduce potential failure points, improve structural integrity, and create smoother surfaces that simplify cleaning and product flow.

At TMS, we combine CNC metal spinning, deep drawing, and other forming processes to manufacture custom components to print, with geometry and construction tailored to the application.

Where could one piece construction make the biggest difference in your next project: structural integrity, cleanability, or fewer assembly points? Share your thoughts in the comments.

📖 Explore our latest Industrial Insight to learn more about the performance advantages of one piece construction 🔗➡https://toledometalspinning.com/one-piece-constructions

10/14/2026

What makes metal spinning a cost effective forming process?
Metal spinning offers several manufacturing advantages, including lower tooling costs compared to other forming methods, design flexibility, shorter setup times, and scalability from prototypes to production runs.

The process can also produce seamless components with improved material integrity and smooth as formed surfaces, potentially reducing the need for additional finishing operations.

At TMS, we combine CNC and manual metal spinning with other forming and fabrication processes to manufacture custom components to print, based on the geometry, material, tolerances, and production requirements of each project.

👉 Have a custom part to manufacture? Submit your drawings and specifications for a quote 🔗➡️ https://toledometalspinning.com/request-a-quote

10/12/2026

Stainless steel offers excellent corrosion resistance and durability, but its tensile strength, work hardening, and springback make it a demanding material to form. Managing these variables requires careful process control and experience to achieve the required geometry and dimensional accuracy.

At TMS, we build to print, tailoring our metal spinning processes to the material, part geometry, and print specifications. Depending on the application, heat treatment can also be used between forming stages to support further deformation, and finished parts can be polished to brush, mirror, or electropolished finishes.

Have a stainless steel component that needs to be formed to print?
Submit your drawings and specifications for a quote 🔗➡️
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10/08/2026

What if the geometry of your part could be formed as one piece instead of assembled from multiple components?

CNC metal spinning can form complex, seamless geometries directly from a single metal blank, including covers, cones, cylindrical shells, and other rotational components. CNC controlled roller movement allows TMS to develop precise forming programs with consistent results from part to part.

One piece construction can eliminate weld seams, reduce potential failure points, improve structural integrity, and simplify finishing and cleaning.

At TMS, we build to print and often combine forming and secondary processes to manufacture components around the specific requirements of the application.

Have a component that could benefit from one piece construction?
Submit your drawings and specifications for a quote: 🔗➡️ https://toledometalspinning.com/request-a-quote