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CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine
CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine
CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine
CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine
CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine
CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine

CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine

The CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine is specifically designed for producing light steel keel profiles with openable and closable connection structures. Through a special roll design, this equipment provides the keel with superior connection performance and installation flexibility, meeting the needs of various wall structures and prefabricated buildings. It is suitable for partition wall systems and modular building projects requiring rapid installation and dismantling, as well as improved construction efficiency.

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The CU Opening and Closing Light Steel Keel Roll Forming Machine is a highly flexible cold-bending forming production equipment specifically designed for manufacturing C-shaped and U-shaped light steel keels for building partitions, ceiling systems, and prefabricated buildings. This equipment optimizes the structure of the traditional CU-type light steel keel machine, achieving rapid switching between different specifications of C-shaped and U-shaped keels through an openable forming frame design, significantly reducing changeover time and improving overall equipment utilization.
Light steel keel is a lightweight, thin-walled steel structure profile made primarily from continuous hot-dip galvanized steel strip through a continuous cold-bending forming process. Due to its advantages such as light weight, high strength, fire resistance, moisture resistance, corrosion resistance, and convenient installation, it is widely used in modern building interior systems.
The CU openable light steel keel machine adopts a modular openable forming structure. The spacing between the forming rollers is changed through mechanical adjustment, allowing the equipment to adapt to the production of keel products with different widths, heights, and cross-sectional structures. Compared to traditional fixed light steel keel equipment, this machine eliminates the need for frequent roll disassembly, enabling rapid conversion between different product specifications and effectively improving production flexibility.
The entire line consists of hydraulic uncoiling, guiding feeding, leveling and straightening, a punching system, openable roll forming, length cutting, and an automatic material collection system. The equipment utilizes a PLC automatic control system to achieve automatic adjustment of production parameters and full-process digital management.
The CU openable light steel keel machine is suitable for galvanized steel strips with a thickness of 0.35- 1.5 mm and can produce various specifications of C-shaped keels, U-shaped top and bottom keels, and special structural light steel profiles. It is particularly suitable for light steel keel manufacturers with diverse product specifications, frequent order changes, and a need for rapid product changeover.


Core Advantages and Selling Points

Opening/Closing Forming Structure for Quick Switching Between Specifications
The biggest feature of the CU opening/closing light steel keel machine is its opening/closing forming frame design. By adjusting the distance between the forming rollers, different specifications of keel products can be quickly switched.
Traditional light steel keel production equipment is usually designed for a single specification. Changing products requires disassembling a large number of rollers, which is not only time-consuming but also affects production efficiency.
Advantages of the opening/closing structure: No need to frequently change the entire set of rollers; reduced equipment adjustment time; improved production line utilization; adaptable to multi-variety order production; reduced equipment investment costs; particularly suitable for building material companies to produce multiple specifications of keel products simultaneously.
C/U Dual-Mode Production: One machine covers multiple building profiles. Through optimized roller design, the equipment can quickly switch between C-shaped and U-shaped keels.
Production scope includes: C-shaped vertical keels, U-shaped ceiling and ceiling keels, partition wall system keels, ceiling load-bearing keels, decorative system auxiliary profiles. A single production line can meet the needs of different construction projects, improving equipment utilization efficiency.
Precision multi-pass cold bending ensures profile quality. The equipment employs a progressive multi-pass cold bending process, allowing the steel strip to deform gradually at multiple forming stations.
Compared to single-pass bending, multi-pass forming reduces internal material stress, minimizes product springback, improves cross-sectional accuracy, ensures product straightness, enhances installation compatibility, and guarantees dimensional stability and structural robustness of the produced light steel keel.
High-rigidity frame design is suitable for long-term continuous production. The main body of the equipment utilizes a high-strength frame structure, improving overall rigidity and operational stability.
During high-speed production, the high-rigidity structure effectively reduces equipment vibration, ensuring precise roller alignment.
Equipment advantages: smoother operation, more uniform forming pressure, longer equipment lifespan, lower maintenance costs, and meeting the continuous production needs of large-scale light steel keel factories.
The online punching system enhances product added value. The equipment can be configured with an automatic punching device according to customer requirements, enabling online processing of keel holes.
The punching system can be customized according to product specifications: hole spacing, hole type, hole position, and punching quantity. Online punching reduces subsequent processing steps, improves product standardization, and facilitates rapid on-site installation.
The high-precision roll system protects the galvanized layer quality. The forming rolls are made of high-quality mold steel and undergo heat treatment to improve wear resistance and service life.
The precision roll design ensures a smooth profile surface, an undamaged galvanized layer, stable cross-sectional dimensions, and maintained high precision over long-term production, making it suitable for large-volume, high-quality light steel keel production.
PLC intelligent control ensures simple and convenient operation. The equipment adopts a PLC automatic control system equipped with a touch screen human-machine interface, realizing intelligent management of the production process.
Operators can control in real time: production speed, product length, changeover parameters, equipment status, alarm information. Automated control reduces manual labor requirements; normal production requires only 1-2 people to operate.
High-efficiency production meets the market's demand for rapid delivery. The CU opening and closing type light steel keel machine adopts a continuous production mode, which is more efficient than traditional processing methods.
The equipment is capable of continuous processing of steel coils, rapid adjustment of specifications, reduced downtime, and improved order response speed. It is suitable for building material suppliers, large-scale keel manufacturers, and export-oriented building material manufacturers.


Production Process

Hydraulic Uncoiling → Guided Feeding → Leveling and Correction → Online Punching → Opening/Closing Roll Forming → Fixed-Length Cutting → Automatic Reclaiming
Hydraulic Uncoiling: The hydraulic uncoiling mechanism stably supports the steel coil, ensuring continuous production through automatic feeding.
Guided Feeding: A precision guiding device controls the direction of the steel strip entry, preventing material deviation and improving forming accuracy.
Leveling and Correction: The leveling mechanism eliminates internal stress in the steel strip, keeping the material flat.
Online Punching: Wire hole processing is completed according to customer installation requirements, improving product construction efficiency.
Opening/Closing Roll Forming: C-shaped and U-shaped wire ribs are continuously processed through an adjustable forming mechanism.
Fixed-Length Cutting: Automatic cutting according to set lengths ensures uniform product specifications.
Automatic Reclaiming: Finished products are automatically arranged and collected, improving packaging and transportation efficiency.


Application Areas

CU opening and closing type light steel keel machine products are widely used in the following fields:
Residential Buildings: Used for residential partition walls, ceilings, and interior decoration structural systems.
Commercial Buildings: Suitable for interior decoration of large buildings such as shopping malls, hotels, and office buildings.
Prefabricated Buildings: An important component of modular buildings, improving construction efficiency.
Industrial Plants: Used for factory office areas, functional area partitions, and internal structural construction.
Public Buildings: Widely used in public facilities such as hospitals, schools, and transportation buildings.
Export Building Materials Markets: Suitable for the light steel building system needs in Europe, America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other regions.


Market Prospects

As the global construction industry moves towards industrialization and standardization, the market demand for light steel keel, as a crucial material in modern building interior systems, continues to grow.
Compared to traditional building materials, light steel keel offers advantages such as faster construction speed, lighter weight, better environmental performance, and recyclability, leading to its expanding applications in residential decoration, commercial buildings, and prefabricated construction.
Especially in Europe, America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, light steel structure building systems have become an important construction method. With rising labor costs and increasing demand for shorter construction cycles, the market for automated light steel keel production equipment continues to expand.
CU-type opening and closing light steel keel machines, with their advantages of rapid changeover, multi-specification production, and high degree of automation, are more in line with the future trend of flexible production for building materials companies.


Service Support

Solution Design: We provide professional light steel keel production line solutions based on customer product specifications, production capacity, and market demand.
Equipment Customization: We support customized development of keel products with different sizes, cross-sections, and special specifications.
Installation and Commissioning: We arrange professional engineers to install and commission the equipment and train customer operators.
Technical Support: We provide long-term equipment maintenance guidance, production process optimization, and spare parts supply.
Production Upgrade: We provide automation upgrade and capacity expansion solutions based on customer development needs.


Why Choose Us

Nearly 20 years of experience in cold bending equipment manufacturing; mature technology and perfected production processes.
Professional light steel keel equipment manufacturing capabilities, covering various building keel production needs.
Quick changeover technology advantage; openable structure improves equipment utilization.
High-precision manufacturing capabilities ensure stable product dimensions and production quality.
Intelligent control system enables highly efficient automated production.
Supports global customization services, providing complete solutions based on customer needs.
Direct supply from the source factory reduces procurement costs and improves return on investment.
Global after-sales service system provides installation, commissioning, and long-term technical support.

Equipment Name

 CU Opening/Closing Type Light Steel Keel Machine

Applicable Materials

 Hot-dip galvanized steel strip, cold-rolled steel strip

Material Thickness

 0.35-1.5mm

Material Width

 Customized according to product specifications

Products

 C-shaped keel, U-shaped keel

Forming Speed

 20-60m/min

Forming Method

 Multi-pass cold bending roll forming

Number of Forming Passes

 12-20 passes

Changeover Method

 Opening/closing mechanical adjustment

Transmission Method

 Chain drive or gearbox drive optional

Roll Material

 GCr15, Cr12MoV

Roll Hardness

 HRC58-62

Control System

 PLC automatic control

Punching Method

 Hydraulic punching or servo punching optional

Cutting Method

 Hydraulic cutting

Operators

 1-2 people

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Wuxi Yanwu Xinhui Technology Co., Ltd.

Established in 2012, Wuxi Yanwu Machinery Co., Ltd., is a professional manufacturer specializing in the R&D, design, manufacturing, and servicing of cold roll forming equipment. The company is dedicated to providing global customers with integrated solutions for automated cold roll forming production lines.

Our main products include cable tray forming machines, racking forming machines, C/Z purlin machines, solar mounting bracket forming machines, floor deck machines, door frame machines, automotive profile equipment, and cut-to-length/slitting lines.

These products are widely used in the construction, electrical power, logistics and warehousing, automotive manufacturing, new energy, and infrastructure sectors.

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