Special stamping techniques
What is four-slide side piercing?
Answer
Multi-slide production handles leaf springs, spring clips, brackets, collars, limiters, shunts, washers, connectors, friction pieces, solenoid housings, sensor housings, motor housings, retainers, and electrical terminals. It's especially valuable when multiple bends or side features would otherwise require separate operations and repeated part handling. How the tooling differs from a conventional press die Because the slides attack the workpiece from several directions, the tooling is mechanically more complex than a typical progressive die. Cam profiles, forming sequence, slide clearance, and part release all have to be coordinated precisely.
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- Four-Slide & Multi-Slide Stamping | Balford OEM PartsMulti-slide production handles leaf springs, spring clips, brackets, collars, limiters, shunts, washers, connectors, friction pieces, solenoid housings, sensor housings, motor housings, retainers, and electrical terminals. It's especially valuable when multiple bends or side features would otherwise...
- Four-Slide & Multi-Slide Stamping | Balford OEM PartsBlog › Metal Stamping › Progressive Die Stamping Four-Slide and Multi-Slide Stamping Published: July 19, 2026 A practical guide to multi-directional forming, side punching, material savings and integrated assembly. What is a multi-slide stamping machine? A multi-slide or four-slide machine is essent...
- Metal Stamping Guide: Processes, Materials, Costs | BalfordMaterial. Austenitic stainless work-hardens and needs larger radii and more conservative steps than mild steel; 65Mn spring steel needs its own springback allowance. Tolerance. A feature held to a machined-feature tolerance has to be built, shimmed and maintained that way for the life of the tool. C...
- Progressive Die Stamping Manufacturer | BalfordKey requirement: Tight feature relationships Metal Frame for Open Frame Solenoids Material: Steel Process: Stamping Key requirement: Feature position for assembly View All Case Studies ENGINEERING TOPICS Progressive Stamping Engineering Topics Supporting technical resources on in-die operations and ...
- Brass vs Bronze: Properties, Uses, Which To PickBrass is copper alloyed mainly with zinc; bronze is copper alloyed mainly with tin (with modern bronzes also using aluminium, silicon, manganese or phosphorus). Brass is cheaper because zinc is cheap, machines faster, takes a better polish and is the default for fittings, threads, terminals and deco...
- Cost-Effective Metal Stamping Techniques | Balford4. Speed. The high cycle rates of progressive die stamping boost throughput, shortening lead times and making short-run production more practical. 5. Reduced costs. This process is widely used for its low per-part cost at high volumes. The dies wear slowly, keeping retooling expenses down, and the p...
What an engineer still needs from you
- material and material condition (grade, temper)
- material thickness, plus the key diameter, height and wall thickness
- tolerances, burr direction and the visual acceptance standard
- annual volume - it decides whether tooling is single-hit, progressive or transfer
- surface finish, and any secondary machining, annealing or plating
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