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Roll forming machine from China

A roll forming machine is built for one profile, so the drawing, the material and the rollers matter more than the machine around them, and a mistake in the drawing is paid for in new rollers.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Profile drawing and tolerance

The rollers are designed from your drawing. Agree dimensions and tolerances in writing, and ask for the flower pattern showing each forming step.

Stations and shafts

Number of forming stations and shaft diameter decide how gently the strip is formed and how thick it can be.

Roller steel and drive

Ask the roller steel, heat treatment and chrome plating, and whether drive is by chain or gearbox.

Cutting and punching

A stop-and-cut shear is cheaper; a flying cut keeps the line moving. Punching holes in line is another option priced separately.

Size change

Purlin lines may change size automatically; others need roller changes. Ask how long a change takes.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Profile drawing with tolerances, and every size you need.
Material grade, yield strength, thickness range and coating.
Lengths, length tolerance, and holes or notches.
Output target per shift.
Coil weight and the decoiler you have or need.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Run your coil after a warm-up and measure the profile at several points along the length.	Profile inside drawing tolerance, with no flare at the ends and no twist or bow over your limit.
Cut twenty parts at production speed.	Cut lengths inside your tolerance and no burr over your limit.
On coated coil, inspect the surface of formed parts.	No scratches or cracked coating on visible faces.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity citing 2006/42/EC, or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 20 January 2027.
Manual in your language with the roller set list.
Roller drawings and the flower pattern.

The one people forget. The roller drawings. Rollers wear, and without drawings only the original seller can make replacements.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You make many different shapes in short runs.

A CNC press brake, which changes shape with a new program.

Your profile is still changing.

Prototype on a press brake until the drawing is fixed.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 9Nine priced roll forming listings, checked September 2026, asked from US$9,000 to US$99,800, each for one profile or profile family. Asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 5Corrugated and IBR roof sheet lines asked US$9,000 to US$12,000 and US$10,000; C and CZ purlin lines US$39,800 to US$42,000 and US$26,000 to US$75,000; a guardrail line US$65,000 to US$91,000.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

CNC press brake. Choose a CNC press brake for short runs of many shapes.
Coil slitting line. Choose a coil slitting line when you must cut your own strip width from wide coil.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Metal & CNC page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European roll forming machine?+

Roller design skill is the gap. Test on your coil and your profile.

What is on a roll forming inspection checklist?+

The three tests above, station count, and roller hardness against the offer.

What CE documentation does a roll former need?+

A Declaration of Conformity covering the line with decoiler and cutter, a technical file, and a manual in your language.

Who is the EU importer?+

If you import it yourself, you are: check the documents and put your name and address on it.

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