Heads and Bottoms, Cut and Drawn in One Plant.
Every residential water heater needs a head and a bottom. We blank the circles from coil and draw them into flanged heads on the same site, packed in lifts sized for the assembly line.
What We Make for Water Heaters.
Circle Blanks
Blanks sized to the head, from cold rolled drawing-quality steel.
Drawn Heads
Flanged heads and bottoms drawn in one stroke, ready to weld to the shell.
Flue and Fitting Holes
Openings for the flue, anode and fittings, pierced where your print puts them.
One coil in, heads and bottoms out. Blanked and drawn on one site.
Steel That Draws Clean.
A water heater head is a draw with a flange, so the steel has to flow without tearing. That's why most heads are drawing-quality cold rolled.
The blank size, the grade and the draw die are worked out together, in your coil or steel bought through Heidtman Steel to your spec.
Why Buyers Bring This Part to Us.
Blank and Draw on One Site
The blank never leaves the plant between cutting and drawing.
Openings Where Your Print Puts Them
Flue, anode and fitting holes pierced after the draw.
Lifts for the Assembly Line
Heads stacked and strapped so they nest without denting.
How the Parts Are Made.
Each step links to a short lesson with an animation, if you want to see what happens on the floor.
Cut the Circle
Blanks are cut from cold rolled coil, nested to keep scrap low.
Lesson: How a Coil Becomes BlanksDraw the Head
Each blank is drawn into a flanged dome in one stroke.
Lesson: How a Blank Becomes a Drawn PartPierce the Openings
A pierce die punches the flue and fitting holes.
Lesson: What Happens Inside a DiePack for Your Line
Heads are stacked and strapped so they nest without denting.
Lesson: How Blanks Are Packed
Got a Print? Get a Price.
Upload the drawing and the yearly volume. The quote form asks for the rest, and an estimator follows up.
Water Heater Parts, Explained.
Do you supply blanks only, or finished heads?
Both. We can ship circle blanks for your own draw presses, or drawn and pierced heads and bottoms.
Is the head drawn in one stroke?
Most water heater heads are shallow enough to draw in one stroke. Size the blank with the Cup Blank Size Calculator.
Can you pierce the flue and fitting openings?
Yes, in a pierce die after the draw, where your print puts them.
Do you supply appliance makers too?
Yes, including water tanks for appliances. Ask about your part.