A Few Metal Stamping Facts

Jonathan DeakinNews

Metal Stamping, this term has many meanings. It can mean laser cutting, spot welding, precision grinding, and sheet metal fabrication. Most of the time, the term is used to describe precision metal stampings such as hubcaps, soft drink cans, and auto body parts.

Metal stamping involves engraving such as company names. It is also a way of stamping icons and other impressions in metal. The process involves forcing metal into various shapes depending on the die used. It uses extreme pressure to force the metal into the shape desired. Manufacturers use various metals, to include copper, aluminium, steel, and titanium alloys.

The machines used to create precision metal component manufacturing are simple metal presses to more complicated engineered computer die processors. Some of these machines can stamp at an incredible rate of 1,200 strokes per minute. The equipment can weigh as much as 600 tons.

Most of this process now days involves CNC (computer numeric control) manufacturing. They program the computer to drive the mechanical presses. With this method, you get precise cuts, welds, and stamping. These machines can produce curves as easily as they can straight lines. In addition, they can produce 3-D structures that are far more cost effective than and efficient than the old methods. Part of the reason is that with this method, they can use less machines and people.

One other advantage over the other methods is you can do a test run with a small quantity. If it tests well, you can increase the production easily.

Project completion is increased when you can provide all the components in one place and assemble them right there. This saves time and money and greatly speeds up the process.

The products produced from precision metal  stamping component manufacturing are such things as metal rings, clips, and can include rain gutters for houses, appliances, telecommunications, and medical supplies.

As you can see, we cannot do without precision metal component manufacturing. These products are all around us in our homes, our cars, our work place, and many other areas. They enable us to do what we do every day with ease.