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  • Automatic Hardware Insertion Tooling
Automatic Hardware Insertion Tooling

Automatic Hardware Insertion Tooling

  • Product description: One of our Tier 2 automotive supply customers came to us with a part they wanted to run in their stamping department.
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Automatic Hardware Insertion Tooling


One of our Tier 2 automotive supply customers came to us with a part they wanted to run in their stamping department. For this high-volume project to be profitable for them, they felt they needed to insert hardware into the progressive stamping die to produce a complete part, reducing their labor requirement.

Our design team worked with them to model a concept and find the insertion unit that would work best for their application. In 12 weeks, SMPI built this tool and had it debugged, set up on our full feed line and running at the targeted run rate in our 200-ton press.


Project Details

Product Description Automotive Air Bag Tooling
Capabilities Applied/Processes
Primary:
Progressive tool building
Secondary:
Insertion tooling
Hard milling
Equipment Used to Manufacture Part
Solidworks, WEDM, Jig grinding, CNC form grinding, CNC machines
Overall Part Dimensions
Length: 24”
Width: 60”
Tightest Tolerances
±.0005”
Material Used A-2, D-2, M-2, CPM, 4140, Carbon Steel
Max Material Finsih 125Ra
In Process Testing/Inspection Performed First Article, CMM, Inspection Gage 500 piece runoff
Lead Time 14 weeks
Industry for Use Automotive
Volume Tooling designed to run 1,000,000 hits
Delivery Location Western, USA
Standards Met Customer supplied print, 2D CAD Drawing, customer die standards, First Article approval, Runoff
Product Name Progressive die with in-die insertion unit