Heavy Stamping: When 2 mm Is Already Too Thin A purchasing engineer once asked why a 6 mm bracket quoted at three different prices within 48 hours. The reason ...
Take a 1.8 mm HSLA 340 seat-bracket. Run it on a 14-station progressive die fed from coil and the piece price typically lands at around 40 percent of what a ma...
What In-Die Riveting Does Inside a Progressive Die Most stamped assemblies travel through two separate operations: the parts are formed in one die, then carrie...
If your part is a copper busbar, a leadframe, a connector terminal, or a motor housing, copper progressive stamping is normally the cheapest route at volume — ...
Compound Die vs Progressive Die: The Core Difference A compound die can turn a strip into a finished washer in a single press stroke. A progressive die may car...
Why Aluminum Stamping Suppliers Fail After the First Shipment A stamped aluminum battery tray that passes prototype samples can still fail at 50,000 units if t...
Aluminum progressive stamping is the most consistent and cost-effective way to produce high volumes of lightweight precision parts — provided the geometry, all...
A purchasing engineer has just been asked to source 60,000 stainless steel brackets. Three quotes arrive, and the lowest per-piece price sits nearly 40% below ...
A procurement manager comparing three stamped part quotes from different suppliers will often see a 25 to 35 percent price spread for the same drawing. The dif...
When a new vehicle model moves from CAD to production, the body shop typically receives several hundred different stamped parts. From door inner panels to moto...
Why Metal Stamping Needs a Deliberate Dual Sourcing Strategy Any purchasing manager who has watched a single stamping line go down knows the feeling. A die fai...
What Is In-Die Assembly? A manufacturer producing terminal brackets used to run two separate operations: a progressive stamping line that formed the brackets, ...