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About Electronic Stampings

Electronic stampings are metal stamped electronic components used in a variety of industries including the telecommunications, computer and networking industries. Electronic stampings range in size from miniature stampings measuring less than a millimeter to large stampings measuring one foot or more. Electronic components are stamped using a variety of base and precious metals, such as gold, platinum, aluminum, copper and titanium. Electronic stamped parts include lead frames, bandolier pins, connectors and springs.

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• Deep drawn stamping (http://deepdrawn.metalstamper.net) converts flat sheet metal into three-dimensional shapes—including cylindrical, shell-like, cup-like, rectangular and square shapes—whose lengths (depths) exceed the radius of the part. As the flat metal moves over the die, the metal blank is restrained on either side of the die opening by a blankholder; the punch then pushes the secured blank into the die cavity, creating the desired shape.
  
• Fourslide stamping (http://fourslide.metalstamper.net) is a specialized metal stamping process that allows fourslides to produce complex stamped parts from strips and wires with multiple bends and twists, as well as parts requiring bends greater than 90°. During fourslide forming, sliding tools, regulated by cams, glide into the metal blank from four directions at right angles to one another, bending the metal around a vertical mandrel.
  
• Medical stampings (http://medical.metalstamper.net) are metal stamped parts created specifically for use in the medical industry.
  
• Progressive die stamping (http://progressive.metalstamper.net) utilizes several workstations, unlike the usual single workstation, through which the sheet metal sequentially moves to complete multiple operations of the stamping process.
  
• Short run stamping (http://shortrun.metalstamper.net) produces between five and ten thousand pieces, and the cost of the dies themselves is greater than the cost of the parts produced. Labor costs are higher per piece, materials are more costly, setup time is greater and other cost factors are higher in short run stamping than conventional stamping, because of the greater number of operations involved.