A workpiece material is fed between rollers to bend the workpiece material while rolling, wherein the workpiece has a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion connected to each other with a setting angle of 90 degrees. The first thickness portion increases from an inner side toward an outer side, and a thickness on an outer peripheral side of the first thickness portion is M, and a thickness of a cross section of the second thickness portion is N. The workpiece material is rolled in such that at a completion of bending, a thickness of a cross section of a first thickness portion is m, an outer radius of the first thickness portion is R, an inner radius of the first thickness portion is r, and a thickness of a cross section of a second thickness portion is n, and M equals to m(R/r), and N equals to n(R/r).

A workpiece material is fed between rollers to bend the workpiece material while rolling, wherein the workpiece has a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion connected to each other with a setting angle of 90 degrees. The first thickness portion increases from an inner side toward an outer side, and a thickness on an outer peripheral side of the first thickness portion is M, and a thickness of a cross section of the second thickness portion is N. The workpiece material is rolled in such that at a completion of bending, a thickness of a cross section of a first thickness portion is m, an outer radius of the first thickness portion is R, an inner radius of the first thickness portion is r, and a thickness of a cross section of a second thickness portion is n, and M equals to m(R/r), and N equals to n(R/r).

A workpiece material is fed between rollers to bend the workpiece material while rolling, wherein the workpiece has a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion connected to each other with a setting angle of 90 degrees. The first thickness portion increases from an inner side toward an outer side, and a thickness on an outer peripheral side of the first thickness portion is M, and a thickness of a cross section of the second thickness portion is N. The workpiece material is rolled in such that at a completion of bending, a thickness of a cross section of a first thickness portion is m, an outer radius of the first thickness portion is R, an inner radius of the first thickness portion is r, and a thickness of a cross section of a second thickness portion is n, and M equals to m(R/r), and N equals to n(R/r).

A workpiece material is fed between rollers to bend the workpiece material while rolling, wherein the workpiece has a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion connected to each other with a setting angle of 90 degrees. The first thickness portion increases from an inner side toward an outer side, and a thickness on an outer peripheral side of the first thickness portion is M, and a thickness of a cross section of the second thickness portion is N. The workpiece material is rolled in such that at a completion of bending, a thickness of a cross section of a first thickness portion is m, an outer radius of the first thickness portion is R, an inner radius of the first thickness portion is r, and a thickness of a cross section of a second thickness portion is n, and M equals to m(R/r), and N equals to n(R/r).

A bending method feeds a long workpiece material made of metal and having a plurality of thickness portions disposed at different angles between rollers and bends the workpiece material. An initial shape of the workpiece material is a straight line or a bend with a bend radius larger than a target bend radius, a thickness of a cross section of the workpiece material along a bend radius direction is set to increase from an inner side toward an outer side of the bend radius direction, the workpiece material is fed between the rollers and rolled in a way that an amount of rolling in a region corresponding to the outer side of the bend radius direction is larger than an amount of rolling in a region corresponding to the inner side, and the workpiece material is bent to have the target bend radius from the initial shape.

A bending method feeds a long workpiece material made of metal and having a plurality of thickness portions disposed at different angles between rollers and bends the workpiece material. An initial shape of the workpiece material is a straight line or a bend with a bend radius larger than a target bend radius, a thickness of a cross section of the workpiece material along a bend radius direction is set to increase from an inner side toward an outer side of the bend radius direction, the workpiece material is fed between the rollers and rolled in a way that an amount of rolling in a region corresponding to the outer side of the bend radius direction is larger than an amount of rolling in a region corresponding to the inner side, and the workpiece material is bent to have the target bend radius from the initial shape.

One aspect of the invention concerns a metallic bar or post (15) comprising a longitudinal axis; a spine (16) extending along the longitudinal axis; and at least three interconnected arms (17-19), each of which extends along the spine (16) and generally radially from the spine (16), with a free end (20-22) of each said arm (17-19) being tapered in the direction of the free end (20-22) to the spine (16). Other aspects of the invention concern a roll stand and rolling mill for forming the bar or post (15).

A method for manufacturing a monolithic component with integral branching points, including providing a sheet metal comprising a first section and a second section, thinning, via rollforming, the first section of the sheet metal, splitting, via split-rollforming, the second section of the sheet metal in a plane parallel to a surface area of the second section, such that a first flange portion and a second flange portion is formed.