Four Slide Stamping / Progressive Metal Stamping Process
The four slide stamping process starts with coiled material which comes off a feeder through a straightener and feed through a die, the upper component of which connects to the press slide, and the lower component connects to the press bed. This die has various stations that put impressions, holes, slots, or may even stamp part numbers onto the formed part. After the material goes through the first die, it travels to a second position guided by a set of sliding tools that will blank the material from four directions at right angles to one another around a vertical mandrel. The slide forming area is equipped with timed mechanisms called cams regulating slide movements. This process allows four slides to produce complex parts with multiple bends in a quick and efficient manner. The four slide stamping process is cost effective because the tooling needed is less expensive so that the process is able to produce material- intensive parts at production rates faster than using traditio...