Metal Stamping Buyer's Guide

27 Nov.,2024

 

Metal Stamping Buyer's Guide

Packaging is critical to maintaining parts in assembly-ready condition, even after transportation and storage. CEP provides tape and reel encapsulation as well as custom packaging solutions for the components we stamp.

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Custom packaging, such as divided trays and custom cartons, help keep delicate parts separate if they are prone to nesting or becoming entangled. It is also an excellent way to organize parts for efficient use at the point of assembly or other use.

What Makes CEP Different?

Customers have many choices for progressive stamping. CEP stands out for several reasons:

We want to make it as easy as possible for customers to obtain high-quality, custom stampings that are cost-effective. All of our services and capabilities are offered with this goal in mind. CEP operates three manufacturing facilities, located in New York, Texas, and China, which allows us to serve customers around the world.

In addition to progressive stamping with in-house manufacturing and maintenance of all tooling, we offer these value-added services for a complete solution:

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  • Rapid prototyping
  • Engineering and design support
  • Electroplating and selective plating
  • Laser cutting
  • Photo-chemical etching
  • Technical cleanliness processes
  • Tape and reel and custom protective packaging

Technical Cleanliness Capabilities

Most stampings involve cleaning and other finishing processes prior to use, but PCB components like EMI/RFI shields as well as electronic and automotive stampings often require a higher degree of care: technical cleanliness. CEP uses a number of specialized cleaning techniques including forced air, ultrasonic, submersion, rinsing, and bubbling in a variety of solutions at different frequencies to remove tiny particles. With these methods we can hold particle sizes to less than 200µm for parts that have pre-plated raw material, and even smaller particle sizes depending on customer specifications. Learn more about technical cleanliness here.

Precision stamped components need to be in an assembly-ready condition when they leave the stamper&#;s facility, and they must stay in that condition during transportation and storage and until the point of use. CEP uses tape and reel encapsulation to individually seal stamped parts in an embossed carrier strip. Prior to sealing each part is verified and inspected to ensure correct placement, orientation, and identification markings.

Our decades of experience working with different metals gives us insight into factors that matter in progressive stamping and material selection, such as:

  • Design intent
  • Part manufacturability
  • Physical stresses during manufacturing and end use
  • Thermal conductivity and end use operating conditions
  • Conductivity
  • Solderability (especially for PCB applications)
  • Tensile strength
  • Ductility
  • Hardness
  • Corrosion resistance
  • Brittleness

We regularly work with stainless steel, aluminum, high- and low-carbon cold rolled steel, pre-galvanized steel, nickel-plated steel, precious metals, brass, bronze and copper. Pre-plated materials are also available for some applications, along with finishing options like electroplating and selective plating, heat treating, etching, and deburring.

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