What is Cold Heading？

Cold heading manufacturing is a multi-step process used to form metal parts at room temperature. Unlike other metal fabrication processes, hammers and dies are used at a high speed to form the metal without heating the material. A large coil of wire is fed into a blank and pulled through a drawing machine. The drawing machine compresses the material to the desired diameter. It then passes into the cold heading machine. While using a screw machine may eliminate the need for dies, cold forming requires dies to set the head shapes, which increases the lead time and initial cost. However, cold heading at JM Hardware® includes many benefits: Less waste ​​​Faster production Stronger parts Reduced costs To learn more about JM Hardware® fasteners, please refer to a sampling of options below! For your exact fastener needs, please give us a call today at +86-18621005605 or email us at [email protected]