Progressive Die Stamping
Progressive Die Stamping
American Industrial Company provides comprehensive manufacturing services, including progressive die stamping for custom products. Progressive die stamping allows us to achieve high production volumes through accurate and cost-effective automated metal forming without compromising on product quality. We offer a full range of metal options, including various forms of steel as well as aluminum, brass, and copper, to better serve our customers. Learn more about the process, the benefits, and how to start your order with AIC.
What Is Progressive Die Stamping?
Progressive die stamping incorporates many different steps into one metal forming process. A metal substrate feeds through a metal stamping die with multiple stations, and each station in the pressing tool performs a different bending or forming action so that the substrate undergoes progressive stages of forming throughout the process. Having one die set containing all the tools needed for a component’s production is more efficient than traditional processes, which require multiple tools that the operator will switch out after each press. Progressive die stamping allows for the fast and cost-effective production of more accurate goods.
Progressive Die Stamping Process
Die stamping processes vary based on the type and complexity of the product. Progressive stamping, in which a strip of sheet metal pulled from a coil travels across multiple stations where it’s pressed, bent, punched, and formed into a progressively more modified and complete shape, allows manufacturers to produce complex goods without straining the metal or slowing down production.
The progressive stamping process follows these steps:
- An operator places the die (or series of dies) into a stamping press.
- The die opens as the stamping press moves up, and the metal sheet feeds into the device.
- When the press moves down, the die closes, with each station of the die performing its specific part of the forming process.
- The press again moves up, and the substrate moves through to the next station through feed progression. This process continues until the metal has traveled through each die station to achieve its final form.
- Once a part reaches the final station of the die, the finished product ejects and moves on to finishing or packaging processes.
