The Metal industry is developing at an incredible rate. Therefore, it’s not surprising that little by little, methods used for manufacturing metal forms up until now are being used less and less, and are now being replaced by metal stamping.  Manufacturers now see the practicality and necessity of changing the methods to be used in the production of metal from casting to stamping.

This is due to the advanced technology that metal stamping offers to the metal industry which makes metal manufacturing and production much cheaper.  Aside from the fact that metal stamping is cost-effective, it offers lifetime durability, uses stronger metal parts and materials and has a capacity for greater volume and mass production which answers the worldwide demand of hundreds and thousands of metal pieces.

It is now considered the best alternative to metal casting. Metal stamping manufacturers believe that the process in metal stamping is more beneficial than casting, the reason why they now choose to use the same in their production. Here below, are the features of metal stamping, which now replaces other forms of metal process like die casting, metal forging, fabricating and also machining.

1. The metal stamping process features a piece of blank metal which is pinned down at the edges and is drawn with the use of a punch to a die in order to achieve a desired specific shape.  The procedures are referred to as shallow drawn stamping and deep drawn stamping.
2. Stamping can be done depending on the targeted shapes.  Stamping produces a variety of shapes in a variety of metals, too.  Follow-up stamps can be had for the desired complex forms such as holes.
3. Metal Stamping has two main methods:  the mechanical and the hydraulic.  The mechanical uses a large flywheel for its pressure and runs rapidly for shallow drawn stamping and cutting of blank sheets.  On the other hand, hydraulic press is much slower and exerts more pressure which is great for both shallow drawn and deep drawn stamping.

With these reasons, it is obvious to see the ways in which metal stamping is fast becoming superior to metal casting, especially as it costs less than any other form of metal form processing.