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Frequently Asked Questions.

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Unanswered questions? Please contact our VP of Engineering at 765-436-3357 or contact Customer Service.

Why Should You Consider Stalcop's Unique Cold Forming & Secondary Process Capabilities?

Because Stalcop has saved its customers up to 50% in their product utilization costs, whether they be new or existing products.

This is accomplished by combining the creative talents of its dedicated personnel with a unique equipment base to implement the principles of "Value Engineering." These cost savings are accomplished in a number of ways; such as:

  • Converting more expensive manufacturing processes; such as, screw machining, stamping, molded parts and die-cast parts to formed parts requiring secondary operations. An additional and somewhat indiscreet potential benefit would involve improving material integrity to help solve strength, heat-treating, and plating problems.

  • Converting two and three-piece assemblies into one part to reduce both piece part and assembly costs.

  • Reducing cost of preliminary part design via alternative recommendations. Alternative recommendations may actually provide a better part for the assembly line.

  • Reducing cost of existing part design considerations.

These types of cost reductions provide a mutually rewarding benefit. "Value Engineering" as provided by Stalcop provides long-term economic benefits and enhances valuable customer-vendor relations.


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What is Specialty Cold Forming?

Specialty cold forming enables the production of complex shapes by moving metal with punches and dies to obtain net shapes or near net shapes products with improved structural strengths.


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What are Typical Cold Formed Tolerances?

Die and punch controlled dimensions (i.e. diameters, lengths, feature to feature position) are close tolerance areas. Diameter tolerance can be as close as ±0.0005. Lengths and feature to feature position tolerances can be as close as ±0.001.


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Why is Net and Near Net Shape Important?

Cold forming processes are net or near net shape processes. In most cases, cold formed parts provide substantial material cost savings by transforming a solid "blank" into a final part of the same volume with no material loss.

Near Net Shapes
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Why Does Net or Near Net Shape Equate to Cost Savings?

Because little or no material is lost in a net or near net shape cold forming operation, a considerable material cost savings can be realized. Machining hollow parts of multi-diameter parts from bar stock produces considerable scrap. Likewise, joining two parts to make the desired geometry still has kerf scrap plus the assembly operation cost.

Cost Saving Shapes
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Why Does Cold Forming Provide Superior Strength?

Material grain runs the length of the bar stock like wood grain. So when parts are cut or machined from bar stock, the grain is cut and stress risers are created. The material grain of extruded parts flows along the contour of the part increasing tensile strength and reducing stress risers.

Superior Strength

If you have any additional questions, please contact VP of Engineering at 765-436-3357 or contact Customer Service.


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