Custom Metal Stampings/Four Slide Tool Design

1. Custom Metal Stampings/Four Slide Tool Design

2. Custom metal stampings comprise various manufacturing processes based on what the customer desires. In most instances, the customer will submit a print for whatever part that is needed. Usually, an engineer, tool and die or a person with experience in stamping will review the print, ask the client about what the part will be used for, the tolerances of the part and will try to correct any mistakes that are in the drawing. From there it will be determined how the part should be made, using a turret punch, four slides or press. If a press is needed, what type of die will be needed to produce the end product? It all depends on the complexity of the part and the number of parts. Sometimes the drawing submitted will have to be changed to what is actually possible with the machinery available.

3. Custom metal stampings mean custom, no two parts are alike just like no two customers are alike. On the other hand, a custom metal stamping service doesn’t want to keep too much inventory around, because if a part is only made for one client it won’t be any use to anyone else. Four slide tooling is designed with the end part in mind. The primary die is designed to put whatever holes, slots or impressions on the part. The bending tooling is designed to give the part the shape it needs. Some people still design on paper, but the computer-aided design can be easier and faster to develop new four-slide tooling.

4. Four slide metal stamping experiences the same problems associated with progressive dies, related to feed-line height, stock alignment, feed timing, stock positioning, slug retention, scrap ejection, off-center loading, and stock buckling. The use of electronic sensors can alleviate some of these problem situations. Set-up times are based on the complexity of the angles of the finished parts. Sometimes an hour or two may be needed to set-up a part that is familiar to the operator, other times it may take an entire day. Producing a new part, especially if that part has to be heat-treated, with complex bends, may take several weeks to produce good quality stampings.

5. Many types of four slide metal stampings may be produced using complex-forming motions that may require expensive cams and forming tools. The complexity of the die and the bending involved may bring extended set-up time, however, the four slide process does not require a carrying web-like progressive dies which results in a reduced number of die stations and less scrap loss.

6. Four slide tooling design is usually less expensive due to the simplicity of slide forming tools and the rapid production of parts, depending on the number of operations per part. The speed of production usually results in a lower per-part manufacturing cost. Four slide stamping of various shapes and sizes may be produced from a variety of different materials and thicknesses. Four slide metals stampings are not going away anytime soon as long as there is a demand for clips, jumpers, and other various small custom parts needed in many different industries.

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