Versa -Are Well-posityed to handle Nearly Any Request.
Then, then
But having that big capacity poses another quandary: Which Process Path Do You Use? What indicated be run on a laser and tar
, share their perspectives and approaches to this connendrum.
Ace Stamping & Machine Co., Vice President James Haarsma Said, "How to Determine Which Route to take is one of our biggest challenges. This is something that I battle everything."
deployed. Choosing Fabrication, Stamping, or SOME Combining theReof is the Result of Identifying the Most Competent Processes to Yield "
Cost is the pivot point that all other factorS revolve around. ManuFacturers Leverage Each OF the ProcessSses ’STRENGTHS to Achieve Cost Efficiencies.
Press Stroke, OFTEN The Reduction in Part Cost Will Office The Investment in Stamping Tooling and Help Drive The DeCision, "He Said.
Stamping can be automated, requiring less lar input per part Than Other Operations, such as a manual press brake, he added.
want to stamp it. "" Machine time is part of that discision, and so is lead time.long as well. "
Haarsma Qualify that break point, saying that it is just a rule of thumb.
DID CID CITE A CUTOFF NUMBER.
is no set number that applies across the board, beCAUSE Evely Part Comes with a UNIQUE SET of Conditions. That’s What Makes this Business So Interesting! "
Launch Lead Time and Product Development May Result in A PART ’s Life Cycle Starting as a Fabrication and Ending as a Stamping.
on a laser and present brake just before they weneded in six weeks. There was no way we were
SO it Starts Off Soft-TOOLED and ENDS Up Hard-TOOLED. We do that on a regular basis. ""
Process and then progress to a stamping too.
we have to go now -And it’s a lot of parts. "
With 3d features that can’t be created on a laser, beCAUSE The PUNCHES Can’t’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’t’t’t to approach the product of the fiber laserers. "
Than the Press has available. ""
Form Die, or Blanking in the Die and then Forming It in a Press Brake. "
of Forming Features, Size is a Limiting Factor for Stamping. "
Size and Location Relative to An Edge May Contribute to Choosing Stamping Or Fabrication. "
Harsma concurred. "For example, stamping is the only process you can form a circular form on.
Be too long. Most likely, the customer is not going to pay for a $ 300,000, and unless it is a very high quantity.
"" WE END UP Running the that on a turret portdegree bend, "harsma said.
That’s as large as the tooholder is. So we have to stamp them just before of the geometry of the part. "
THEM BeCAUSE We have 300 HOLES, for exmple, that are closly spaced with a +0/-1 tolerance and +0/-2 on the public. "
Stamping Drives IMPROVD TOLARANCE Control and Greter Reperationability the Tool is Performing the Work, Kenny Said.
The Customer ’s Preference for a PARTICular Finish Can Point in One Direction, The ManuoFacturers Said.
, So OFTEN We SMOOOoth Those Edges with Vibratory Deburring Machines. "
But you can deburr that off. Whereas with a laser-cut edge, depthing on the wholeness of the part, you’ll start to see the beam flacence;
Kenny Added, "With the Service, Breakaway Can Be Improved."
Cost, Axelberg Said, Adding, "That Break Point Moves with the Cost of Steel.
-Stage Form Die in Another Stamping Press. "
KENNY SAID that Stamping Offers Better Process Control, Which Is Important for Subsequent OPERATIONS SUCH As Welding and Assembly.
All Three Stamper/Fabricator Manufactures Expressed that having Dual Capacity Has Boosted their Offerings and Ability to Retomomers.
Press or a laser and a presker. "
All think said the quote projects both ways.
that time a bit Longer than fabrication. "
Our Customers Benefit from Optimized Production Processes at Low-or High-Volume Delivery SCENARIOS. "" "" "" ""
with Complex Geometries. "
Ace Stamping and Machine Co.
General Stamping & Metalworks, 574-288-0611, www.gsmwinc.com