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1967 ".... supplied a DUALFORM Press to Herman Smith Ltd, who thus confirm their progressive outlook. DUALFORM:— The Press that casts its own tools. DUALFORM: The Patented British Invention sold in 30 countries. DUALFORM: The Hydraulic double-acting ..."^[1]

1970 "Dualform - the world's most sophisticated deep drawing press - has won the Council of Industrial Design Award, 1970." ^[2]

1990 A Subsidiary of B. Elliott Plc; North London Dualform are designers of the Dualform range of hydraulic presses which cast their own tools within the press. The company is the UK distributor of presses, including ...^[3]

1991 Press & Shear Press Forming Division, a Subsidiary of B.Elliott Plc, are designers of Dualform range of hydraulic presses which cast their own tools within the press. The company is the UK distributor of presses, including ...^[4]

1998 "The Egypt order - for a large Dualform press and ancillary equipment - is one of the largest contracts the company has taken for a single press."^[5] . As this is a Wakefield report, it presumably indicates Dualform had become a subsidiary of Group Rhodes

Rhodes Brochue

The patented Dualform process is applied to the range of Double Acting Hydraulic Presses.

The process enables a matched set of top and bottom dies to be created simultaneously within the press itself, which can then be used for the manufacture of pressed parts within hours.

The tools are cast using "Jewelite"*, a unique, low melting point alloy, contained in a special "bath" within the press tool space. After use, the tools are melted in situ and the same alloy used to cast a new set. This process makes the technology ideal for prototype, pre-production and other medium or low volume work.

The Dualform process enables the user to make significant savings in both production and tooling costs as well as dramatically reducing time-to-market for new products and designs.

• Jewelite is a mixture of bismuth, lead, tin and cadmium, originally patented by J. W. Lawrence and assigned to Jewel Engineering (Leicester).

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Sources of Information

• [1] Group Rhodes website