A gutter piece and a method of forming the gutter piece including the steps of: obtaining a gutter forming apparatus with a marking subassembly; obtaining a supply of gutter material; through the gutter forming apparatus, progressively forming the gutter material into completed gutter pieces, each with a length, as the gutter material is advanced in a forming path; and through the subassembly, continuously making discrete visible marks on the gutter material as the gutter material is advanced that: a) reside at predetermined intervals along a length of each of the completed gutter pieces, and b) are located to facilitate controlled interval placement of hangers that are used to support the completed gutter pieces in an operative position on a structure.

A system for forming a building panel of a desired shape includes a shaping machine comprising multiple rollers, wherein the shaping machine is configured to provide a desired shape to a building panel, and wherein the building panel is made from sheet material. A drive system moves the building panel longitudinally along the shaping machine, and a power source provides power to the drive system. As the building panel is moved along the shaping machine, a load sensor detects a load placed on the power source, and an optional speed sensor detects a speed of the building panel. A control system controls the drive system in response to a signal from the load sensor so as to control the load on the power source as the building panel moves along the shaping machine.

A system for forming a building panel of a desired shape includes a shaping machine comprising multiple rollers, wherein the shaping machine is configured to provide a desired shape to a building panel, and wherein the building panel is made from sheet material. A drive system moves the building panel longitudinally along the shaping machine, and a power source provides power to the drive system. As the building panel is moved along the shaping machine, a load sensor detects a load placed on the power source, and an optional speed sensor detects a speed of the building panel. A control system controls the drive system in response to a signal from the load sensor so as to control the load on the power source as the building panel moves along the shaping machine.

A machine including a bottom angle assembly; a skate roller MA assembly A; a skate roller MA assembly B; and a creasing bearing assembly. The machine having a fixed side and an adjustable side. The machine is a roll forming machine capable of forming

This disclosure presents methods and/or processes for forming a garage door faade using variable pressure. The forming processes, different from common stamping processes, creates a shaded design in a garage door section such that a continuous pattern is realized in the length direction (i.e., the longest side of the garage door section). The forming processes also produces significantly deep and smooth impressions that deform the center of the design. The forming process may be preceded by a texturing process, for example, each garage door section may first be textured and then sent for forming the design.

This disclosure presents methods and/or processes for forming a garage door faade using variable pressure. The forming processes, different from common stamping processes, creates a shaded design in a garage door section such that a continuous pattern is realized in the length direction (i.e., the longest side of the garage door section). The forming processes also produces significantly deep and smooth impressions that deform the center of the design. The forming process may be preceded by a texturing process, for example, each garage door section may first be textured and then sent for forming the design.

A roller cage for a profiling line, comprising: a support frame (F1); a first motor equipped with a first substantially horizontal spindle (12) that projects in a cantilever fashion externally to a shoulder (S1) of the support frame (F1) into an operating space of the line; a first transverse roller (13), assembled directly on the first spindle (12); a movable frame (F2), with which an upright first roller (33) is associated, rotating about a first shaft (32) which projects in a cantilever fashion from the movable frame (F2); the movable frame (F2) is movable between an operating position, in which the first shaft (32) assumes a substantially vertical position, and a non-operating position, in which the first shaft (32) assumes a substantially horizontal position and is facing the same way as the first spindle (12), towards the operating space of the line.

A roller cage for a profiling line, comprising: a support frame (F1); a first motor equipped with a first substantially horizontal spindle (12) that projects in a cantilever fashion externally to a shoulder (S1) of the support frame (F1) into an operating space of the line; a first transverse roller (13), assembled directly on the first spindle (12); a movable frame (F2), with which an upright first roller (33) is associated, rotating about a first shaft (32) which projects in a cantilever fashion from the movable frame (F2); the movable frame (F2) is movable between an operating position, in which the first shaft (32) assumes a substantially vertical position, and a non-operating position, in which the first shaft (32) assumes a substantially horizontal position and is facing the same way as the first spindle (12), towards the operating space of the line.

The invention relates to a method for continuously roller-forming and hardening sheet steel in which a sheet steel strip is continuously roller-formed into a profile in a roller-profiling unit, characterized in that the roller-formed profile strand is preheated to a temperature below the austenite starting temperature (Ac.sub.1) and the roller-formed profile strand is then heated across subregions of its cross-section and/or subregions of its length to a temperature above AC.sub.3, with the roller-formed profile strand being acted on with an axial tensile stress at least during the heating of subregions to a temperature >AC.sub.3.

The invention relates to a method for continuously roller-forming and hardening sheet steel in which a sheet steel strip is continuously roller-formed into a profile in a roller-profiling unit, characterized in that the roller-formed profile strand is preheated to a temperature below the austenite starting temperature (Ac.sub.1) and the roller-formed profile strand is then heated across subregions of its cross-section and/or subregions of its length to a temperature above AC.sub.3, with the roller-formed profile strand being acted on with an axial tensile stress at least during the heating of subregions to a temperature >AC.sub.3.