Steel Formwork Machines

A steel formwork roll forming machine produces the steel panels and profiles used as concrete formwork — the mould that holds concrete until it cures. This line runs 1.5–3.0 mm galvanized, PPGI or carbon steel at 0–30 m/min through 22 stations with a 22 kW main motor, punching and cutting in line under Delta PLC control. Delivery is 60 days.

Why steel formwork instead of wood or aluminium?

Formed steel formwork is reused more than 200 times, which is where the cost argument sits: against traditional wood formwork and aluminium formwork, the formed steel panel saves about 30% in labour cost and 50% in material over its service life. For a high-rise or infrastructure programme with a repeating floor plan, the panel cost is spread across hundreds of pours.

The line is built from a decoiler, main forming machine, hydraulic punch device, hydraulic cutting device and PLC control system, running as one automatic cycle.

Specification

Machine or production line — which do you need?

Both configurations in this category are built on the same 22-station forming platform and run the same 1.5–3.0 mm coil at 0–30 m/min. The difference is line scope rather than forming capability: one is supplied as a stand-alone roll forming machine and the other as a production line around the same forming platform.

Which one fits depends on how the formwork panels flow through your plant — whether forming is a single step feeding a separate assembly area, or one stage inside a continuous line. Send the panel drawing and the intended plant layout, and the scope is defined from that.

What drives the price?

• Panel profile — the number of bends and the panel width set the station count and the roll set.
• Coil thickness — 3.0 mm at G550 loads the stands and the 22 kW drive more than 1.5 mm at G350.
• Punching and cutting scope — hydraulic punch and hydraulic cut are in-line stations, and their size follows the hole and cut profile.
• Line scope — a stand-alone machine and a production line built on the same platform are quoted differently, because the handling and control scope differs.

What happens after delivery?

An engineer can travel to your factory for installation and commissioning. The line carries service for its working life, and quality problems not caused by operator error are handled under that commitment. More than 80 formwork lines have been built and shipped to customers in China and overseas.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What coil thickness can the line form?
A: 1.5–3.0 mm galvanized, PPGI or carbon steel with yield strength 250–550 MPa.

Q: How many times can the formed panel be reused?
A: More than 200 times, compared with wood formwork that is typically used once.

Q: What is the difference between the machine and the production line?
A: Both use the same 22-station forming platform with identical forming parameters. They differ in line scope, not in forming capability.

Q: How much floor space is needed?
A: Approximately 25,000 mm long by 30,000 mm wide for the stand-alone configuration.

Q: What is the delivery time?
A: 60 days after contract confirmation.