How do metal roof making machines work?

Metal roof making machines are usually mounted on a trailer that is then taken directly to the job site. The new metal roof is produced or roll formed right on site. Portable roll formers can be operated off the trailer but can also be picked up to do arial roll forming. Areal roll forming allows a roofing contractor to run out long metal roofing panel directly onto large buildings and means that the building owner gets a full length, seamless metal roof.

A metal roof making machine takes a metal coil and forms it into a metal roofing panel.These coils are usually either 24g or 26g metal. After a customer chooses a metal roof profile and color roof they want, the metal coil can be ordered to the appropriate length for the roofing project.

The coils are then shipped either directly to the job site or to a roofing contractor’s sheet metal shop.

The metal coils are mounted into decoilers on top of or behind the metal roof making machine so as to be able to be unrolled and fed into the machine.

The metal coil will then pass through the stations of tooling. Each station or die will add shape to the metal sheet. As the metal coil continues toward the exit of the machine its roll formed Into a metal roofing panel.

A controller at the end of the machine can be programmed to make the desired length and quaintly of metal roofing panels. When the right length its reached a hydraulic shear will cut the metal panel off and then the process repeats until the metal is formed.

The idea and process of a metal roof making machine is simple but revolutionary. Onsite roll forming streamlines the process of both buying and installing metal roofing. It reduces waste, freight cost, and lead time all while creating value with wholesale pricing and full length metal with no seams.