Stamping Process

Stamp­ing is a form­ing process per­formed on sheet met­al by a series of stamp­ing sta­tions used to pro­duce mass quan­ti­ties of fin­ished prod­ucts. The stamp­ing process is the form­ing of met­al made out of sheets con­tain­ing Steel, Alu­minum, Zinc, Nick­el, Tita­ni­um, and Brass. 

The sheet met­al is formed into pre­set shapes in a stamp­ing press. The tool and die is the com­po­nent of the press that forms parts when the sheet met­al is insert­ed. The shap­ing of parts is com­plet­ed by the tool and die com­po­nent called the punch. The punch push­es the sheet met­al through the cav­i­ty of the die, cre­at­ing the shape desired.

There are 4 dif­fer­ent types of stamp­ing that can be com­plet­ed on sheet metal.

1. Elec­tric Met­al Stamp­ing- This is when elec­tric com­po­nents are used to stamp metal.
2. Fourslide Met­al Stamp­ing- Intri­cate stamps are pro­duced from stripes and wires by fourslides. The slide tools go into met­al blanks from 4 direc­tions at 90 degrees.
3. Pro­gres­sive Met­al Die Stamp­ing- This type uses sev­er­al work­sta­tions in which the met­al moves from sta­tion to sta­tion to com­plete the stamp­ing process.
4. Short Run Met­al Stamp­ing- This is the most involved and expen­sive type, but pro­duces from 5−10,000 stamped pieces.

All types of stamp­ing can be char­ac­ter­ized by the following:

• Mul­ti­ple form­ing oper­a­tions are used at once
• Small pieces are mass pro­duced at a fast pace
• Time and mon­ey are saved by com­bin­ing operations
• Small parts are pro­duce accurately

For more infor­ma­tion on the stamp­ing process or an indus­tri­al robot quote, please con­tact Robots​.com at 877−762−6881.