AMERIFORM® as mentioned previously, is a very tough, tenacious polymeric dry film. With its unique patent-holding properties, we have blended different types of polymers, which give the product its unique ability to handle very deep draws. Acting like an extension ladder, as one polymer reaches its end point for heat, the next one takes over thereby allowing the metal to flow as easily deep in the draw, as in the beginning of the draw.

Look at some of the applications in use currently with AMERIFORM®:

• Deep draws on all types of metal
• Stamping of various draws and all types of metals, from aluminum to steel
• Hydroforming of tubes from extruded aluminum, to steel, to titanium
• Sheet hydroforming of both steel and aluminum
• Tube bending on all types of metals
• Ability to withstand multiple hits without re-lubing: (36 hits in one progressive die)
• Roll Forming

Polymeric capabilities result in the following benefits:

• Reduces friction/ frictional heat - reducing heat in the die and on the work piece, thus extending tool life
• Reduces parts washing in many situations (i.e. exhaust systems, under-body stainless and aluminum parts
• Reject rates are reduced dramatically. We have case studies of reject rates ranging from 25 - 40% (and several times, over 85%) being reduced to under 1%
• Material specs can be reduced.
• Press set-up times are virtually eliminated as once we have the press "dialed in"; you can go back to the settings each time. Press set-up time on one press ranged from 12 - 36 hours for an aluminum heat shield; now it's under 20 minutes
• By not being hygroscopic (attracts water and moisture), and being alkaline, the "sticking blanks problem" is eliminated. Rust also is virtually no longer a problem due to it's unique properties

AMERIFORM® is so different than the other so-called dry lubricants on the market that we cannot show all the differences here. We are not a sterate soap. We do not have paraffin wax. We do not have any animal fat. There are no sulfur or petroleum distillates. It is washed off in a particulate state allowing for easy filtering and thus allowing wash baths to be extended for a longer time period. What advantages does this give you?

• There is no build up in the die
• There are no wastewater issues or sludge haul-offs. AMERIFORM® is produced with food-grade raw materials which allows it to be released directly to the drain
• It can be burned off in an annealing oven without harm to the oven's atmosphere
• After a plant is fully converted to AMERIFORM®, lost time due to illness or injury begins to be reduced dramatically