Numerous decorated sheet metal products are produced with various types of reliefs. These raised or depressed areas are done by the following methods:

A. Embossing - Coining
PLAIN METALS: The sheet metal will be "hit" with an embossing die which will create either a depression or a raised area in the sheet. By repeating the operation or by using large dies or rollers, even large surfaces can be embossed. Another example of embossing are coins.
METAL LAMINATES: The metal foil will be bonded to a substrate, like phenolic resin, which has been produced with a relief. Pressure and bonding process will telegraph the relief of a substrate through the foil.

B. Roll Forming
Only plain sheet metal can be roll formed. Since this process requires an automated flow through technology, only coiled sheet metal can be used. After unwinding from a coil, the metal will be laminated between two pressure rollers with a design pattern which is then pressed into the sheet.
A desirable byproduct of this process is the hardening of the metal. It is therefore possible to specify a thinner material when it has been roll-formed.
Another, non-decorative form of roll forming is used to produce profiles an moldings from sheet metal. In that case, a coiled sheet or strip of metal passes through a succession of shaping rollers.

C. Paint-in-Relief
This proprietary formula allows for the production of sheet metals, plain and laminate, with a customized relief in color.
While EMBOSSING and ROLL FORMING are large production runs only, this method allows custom jobs from 1 to any number of sheets.