THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE / STRENGTH HARDENED STAINLESS  STEEL FUEL CELL PART COULD NOT BE MADE ON A CONVENTIONAL PRESS  SYSTEM BECAUSE OF TOOL LIFE AND THE PRECISION FORMING REQUIRED

FAST PIERCING ADIABATIC PROCESS SOLVED THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE HIGH VELOCITY  REDUCED THE FORCES ON THE PUNCH  WITH VIRTUALLY  NO SPRING BACK.

PUNCHING THIS .125 INCH THICK  TITANIUM IS ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE  USING A CONVENTIONAL PRESS SYSTEM BECAUSE OF TOOL LIFE, ROLLOVER  AND EDGE QUALITY

THE MEASURED PUNCH FORCES ARE LESS THAN HALF USING A FAST PIERCE PRESS.  THE ROLLOVER AND EDGE QUALITY  SPEAK FOR THEM SELVES

THESE PARTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE FULL HARD SPRING STEEL.  USING A CONVENTIONAL PRESS CAUSES THE FULL HARD MATERIAL  TO CRACK AND SPRING BACK MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS DEAD SOFT MATERIAL IS USED

THE FAST PIERCE  HIGH VELOCITY  PRESS CUTS AND FORMS THE FULL HARD MATERIAL

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PUNCHING COMPLEX MULTILAYER ELECTROLUMINESCENT IS INDEED CHALLENGING  ....  THIS APPLICATON HAD OVER 40 OPERATORS CHECKING FOR BURR AND SHORTS

HIGH VELOCITY FAST PIERCING ELIMINATED THE PROBLEMS

THE 90 DEGREE BEND ON THIS FLASH LIGHT PROJECT WAS CRITICAL BECAUSE THE PART NEEDED TO BE PRESSED INTO A FLASH LIGHT CASE..... IF IT WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE THE CASE WAS RUINED AND DISCARDED.

FAST PIERCE STAMPING WAS THE SOLUTION.  SPRING BACK IS SO CONSISTENT THAT THE PARTS ARE NOW BOTH FABRICATED AN INSTALLED IN LINE

STAMPING BORON STEEL IS VIRTUALLY  IMPOSSIBLE USING CONVENTIONAL PRESSES... THE TOOL LIFE IS VERY LOW. ....  THE AUTOMOTIVE GIANTS HEAT THE MATERIAL TO 700 DEGREES BEFORE STAMPING .... JUST THE HEATING AND COOLING TIMES TELLS US WHY IT IS VERY COSTLY.

WE MEASURE THE PUNCH FORCES .... FAST PIERCING REDUCES THE PUNCH FORCES BY  ALMOST 60% ..... ITS LIKE CUTTING 1018 OR THE LIKE.

SAW BLADES AND THE LIKE ARE NORMALLY STAMPED WHEN THE MATERIAL IS IN THE PRE HARDENED STATE  AND THEN HARDENED

THE MEASURED PUNCH FORCES ARE LESS THAN HALF USING A FAST PIERCE PRESS.  THE ROLLOVER AND EDGE QUALITY  SPEAK FOR THEM SELVES

THIS PART IS MADE USING A FAST PIERCE PRESS.  IT RUNS 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK .... TOOL LIFE IS OVER A MILLION PARTS BETWEEN SHARPENING

THIS SIMPLE PACKAGING APPLICATION WAS ORIGINALLY  DONE USING CONVENTIONAL PRESSES ....  POOR EDGE QUALITY MADE IT DANGEROUS TO REMOVE THE PRODUCT FROM THE PACKAGING

FAST PIERCING SOLVED THE PROBLEM

THESE PARTS , USED IN A MEDICAL ARTERY STITCHING APPLICATION  ARE LESS THAT .065" LONG WITH A .010" HOLE . WE HAVE NO HISTORY OF THESE PARTS BEING MADE USING CONVENTIONAL PRESSES.

            THEY WERE MADE USING OUR FAST PIERCE HIGH VELOCITY  PRESS.

THESE COMMON PARTS WERE MADE USING A CONVENTIONAL PRESS.  THE TIME BETWEEN SHARPENING WAS SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND STROKES.  PARTS WERE THEN DE BURRED, WASHED AND ASSEMBLED

FAST PIERCE  STAMPING USING ALMOST NO LUBRICATION ELIMINATED WASHING AND DE BURRING . THE TIME BETWEEN SHARPENING  INCREASED TO OVER ONE MILLION.