Less Volume - Rapid Prototyping

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• Samples or prototypes

• Typically less than 1,000 parts annually

• Manufacture with lasers, turrets, water jet machines, and press brakes

• No tooling costs, higher piece price

Short to Medium Run Volumes

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• Typically 1,000 to 40,000 parts annually

• Manufacture with stage tools built and maintained in house for life of part

• Usually one tool for each operation (e.g., blank, form, pierce)

• Shared die sets to reduce tool cost

• Less expensive tools, lower piece price

We can meet all of your short to medium run needs with low cost short-run tooling.

Examples of short-run, semi-permanent blank, pierce and form tooling.

Longer Run Volume

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• Typically 40,000 parts or more annually

• Manufacture with progressive tools built and maintained in house

• One tool for all operations

• Final part produced with each stroke of the press

• More expensive tool, lower piece price 

Progressive tooling is ideal for longer runs, allowing sequential operations, on the same press, at the lowest unit cost.