Crimping, Clinching & Swaging

Extensive knowledge of metal forming, allows application of these fundamental principles to join various components to sheet metal parts without the use of fasteners.  Whether joining round tubes to flat plates, sheet metal to molded parts or any other application that requires malleable metal to be bent, folded or deformed to create a feature on one part to capture the other, Ehrhardt has the expertise to accomplish the task.  Utilizing pneumatic, hydraulic or electromechanical presses with these techniques to join parts, connection is permanent and used in various applications ranging from heat exchangers to appliance cabinets.

Crimping, Clinching & Swaging