Progressive Die

Progressive Die Overview

What is Progressive Die?
Progressive dies are widely used to produce components for various industries such as computer, electronics, automotive and electrical appliances. The requirements for progressive die design and manufacturing are becoming more stringent as shorter delivery times, higher quality requirements and more innovative designs stretch abilities.

A progressive die combines a number of forming and stamping functions such as blanking, forming, flange forming, punching and trimming into a single die. Steel or aluminum is fed into the die, typically from a coil of material. Each time the die cycles a stamping operations is made on the material and the material is automatically advanced to the next position. Each station within the progressive die serves to progressively form, the final part. Finally, completed part is ejected from the end of the progressive die once all the operations have been completed.

Progressive dies are ideal for economically mass producing small formed metal parts. Progressive die typically designed and manufactured by tool and die shops.