How a panel is made

Step 1
It starts as a coil.
Steel comes to us as a coil: one long, flat sheet wound tight, either painted or bare Galvalume. The color you choose is already on the steel. It unwinds into the roll former still flat.
Step 2
Each stand bends it a little more.
Pairs of rollers press the strip as it passes. Every stand bends it a bit further until each rib is full depth.
Step 3
Cut to your length.
The finished panel runs out until it reaches the length on your order, then the shear cuts it square. You're not cutting standard lengths down on site.
Step 4
Trim is bent to match.
Ridge caps, eave and corner trim are bent on a brake from the same colors as your panels, to the measurements you give us.
Step 5
Checked and bundled.
Your order is checked against the cut list, then bundled for pickup at the yard or delivery to your site.

The machines are an illustration, not a drawing of our exact line.

Every profile, stand by stand.

Pick a profile to watch the strip go from flat to finished, one pair of rollers at a time. Simplified to show the idea.

Tuff Rib

Start with the slab and posts.
The concrete slab sets the footprint, and the posts and trusses carry the roof.
Give the steel somewhere to fasten.
Wall girts and roof purlins run across the frame to support the panels. Each row of screws lands on one.
Close in the walls.
Tuff Rib sheets sit side by side, with a raised rib every nine inches.
Cover the roof.
Each roof sheet runs from eave to ridge, with the ribs running down the slope.
Finish the edges with trim.
Ridge cap, gable, eave, corner and base trim cover the places where panels meet or end. Explore the trim.
Panels, roof and trim together.
Send us your panel lengths and trim measurements when you're ready to order.

Every panel is cut to the length on your cut list: 10 profiles, 22 colors including bare Galvalume, in 29 gauge depending on the profile.