Driven by the wave of prefabricated buildings and green housing, the markets for light steel villas, cleanrooms, and partition walls and ceilings are experiencing explosive growth. As the core load-bearing framework of these systems, the “hat-shaped keel” directly determines the flatness, fire resistance, sound insulation, and overall safety of building walls through its forming precision and production efficiency. Our newly launched hat-shaped keel forming machine, with its military-grade manufacturing process and highly intelligent control system, is redefining the manufacturing standards of light steel keels and becoming the preferred equipment for leading companies in the industry.
Product Introduction:
The Metal Furring Channel Roll Forming Machine Omega Profile Making Machine is a specialized cold-bending device that continuously produces high-strength light steel keels with “Ω” or “brimmed” cross-sections from cold-rolled galvanized steel strips through processes such as leveling, multi-pass cold bending, online punching, and hydraulic shearing. Named for its hat-like shape, this keel possesses extremely high moment of inertia and bending strength, making it a key production line for replacing traditional rectangular pipes, realizing “steel instead of wood,” and building century-old light steel buildings.
Typical Application Scenarios:
• Light Steel Villas and Prefabricated Housing:
Serving as wall joists, roof purlins, and floor beams, the cap-shaped joists support two- to three-story light steel villas with extremely high bending strength, achieving “flexible structure, rigid protection” and excellent seismic performance.
• Cleanrooms and Medical Cleanroom Wall Panels:
The produced joists have a smooth, burr-free surface, allowing for direct snap-fit connection to cleanroom panels, eliminating dirt and grime accumulation and meeting the stringent hygiene standards of GMP medical cleanrooms and electronic cleanrooms.
• Interior Partition Walls and Ceiling Systems:
As a high-strength load-bearing joist, it replaces traditional U-shaped joists for large-span partition walls and ceilings in large shopping malls, airports, exhibition halls, etc., offering heavier load-bearing capacity and less deformation.
• Solar Photovoltaic Supports:
The cross-sectional characteristics of the cap-shaped joists make them an ideal choice for distributed photovoltaic supports. Molding machines can be customized with different cross-sectional sizes on dedicated lines, providing a low-cost, high-efficiency support solution for the clean energy sector.
Product Attributes :
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1.Formed Material
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GI/GL
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Thickness:0.4-0.8mm
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2.Decoiler
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Hydraulic automatic decoiler
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Manual decoiler(will give you as free)
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3.Punching device
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Punching type
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High speed rotary punch
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4.Main body
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Roller station
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12 rows(As your requirement)
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Diameter of shaft
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50mm solid shaft
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Material of rollers
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45# steel, hard chrome plated on the surface
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Machine body frame
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Metal steel welded
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Drive
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Gearbox transmission
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Dimension(L*W*H)
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5500*800*1200(customize)
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Weight
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About 3T
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5.Cutting device
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Cutting type
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Hydraulic servo motor drived flying shear
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6.Power
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Motor Power
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7.5KW*2 sets
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Hydraulic system power
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5.5KW
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7.Voltage
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380V 50Hz 3Phase
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As your requirement
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8.Control system
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Electric Box
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Customized(famous brand)
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Language
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English(Support multiple languages)
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PLC
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Automatic production of the whole machine. Can set batch, length, quantity, etc.
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9.Forming Speed
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max 70m/min include punching holes
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Speed is adjustable according to customer’s request
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Pattern drawing:

Key Features: Forging a Robust Skeleton with Ultimate Precision
1.High-Rigidity Rollers and Precision Forming Eliminate “Serpentine Bends”
Utilizing Cr12MoV die steel forged rolls, subjected to vacuum heat treatment and precision grinding, achieving a hardness of HRC60-62. Combined with a thickened archway frame, this completely eliminates the most common defects in light steel keel forming: “serpentine bends” and “sickle bends.” Whether producing keels with a wall thickness of 1.0mm or 2.5mm, straightness is consistently controlled within ±1mm/m, ensuring a mirror-like wall surface.
2.Integrated Online Punching and Edge Trimming, Truly “Zero Secondary Processing”
The equipment integrates a servo-driven fully automatic punching system, precisely punching water and electricity pipe holes, bolt connection holes, chamfers, or edge notches on the keel web and flanges according to design drawings. No manual marking or drilling is required offline, truly achieving “ready to use immediately after machine,” saving users significant manpower and time costs associated with secondary processing.
3.Rapid Changeover, Flexible Handling of Small Batch and Multiple Specifications
Addressing the industry pain points of highly customized light steel villas and numerous keel specifications, we developed a quick-change combined roll technology. By simply adjusting the roll spacing or replacing a few rolls, we can produce cap-shaped keels of varying widths and flange heights from 50mm to 150mm on the same machine. Changeover time is reduced to less than 30 minutes, allowing even small and medium-sized orders to be profitable.
4.Intelligent Length Setting and Fully Automated Palletizing, 24/7 Unattended Operation
Equipped with an imported servo flying shear system, the response speed is at the millisecond level. The cutting length can be arbitrarily set via the touchscreen, with an error of ≤±1mm. Combined with an automatic material distribution, flipping, and palletizing system, from steel coil loading to finished product bundling, the entire process requires no manual intervention, enabling 24-hour uninterrupted production.

















