Plastic stamping services are a cost-effective solution to create high-quality, consistent plastic components in place of other plastic manufacturing methods. When comparing and contrasting plastic stamping to other services, there’s an edge in repeatability, accuracy, and better economics.
Learn more from Winco Stamping about the advantages to plastic stamping along with key materials we work with on a daily basis.
Plastic Stamping Services Offer Higher Repeatability and Accuracy
When stamping manufacturers are working with well-designed dies, they hold tight and repeatable dimensions across large production runs. This is only achievable, however, if tooling is maintained throughout the dies. Consistent OD/ID and hole-to-edge relationships are created as well through plastic stamping services.
In comparison to plastic cutting services, plastic stamping has widespread part consistency and maintains shape with little variation. This is especially true as cutting services can have operators change and perform the service differently.
Cost-Effectiveness is Achieveable
When the die is built and ready to run, press strokes can produce either one or multiple parts at a time. This allows for a decrease in cycle time per part as well as cost per unit prices dropping. The higher the volume an order is, the lower the cost-per-part ratio becomes. While other plastic services avoid tooling costs, the operations are slower and as the volume increases, so does the cost.
Integrated Features in One Operation
Plastic stamping services allow for multiple secondary operations to take place during the primary production. Services such as blanking, piercing, and light forming are able to happen and flat plastic parts are able to leave presses with holes, slots, alignment features, and even minor bends already manufactured in.
Other services such as cutting, require secondary operations to take place after the primary service which increases handling costs, scrap risks, and labor.
Improvement on Part Performance and Quality
Plastic stamping services lead to an improvement on part performance in a few key ways. Finished parts contain cleaner edges and controlled burrs. With these two improvements on hand, it is easy to perform quality control measures and hit specific in-house quality standards.
Many stamping services are dependent upon the material that’s being used. Process windows are tuned for the chosen material and part thickness, which improves dimensional stability and flatness across all parts.
Materials Winco Stamping Performs Plastic Stamping Services On
Winco Stamping works with a select group of plastic materials for our stamping services. These materials offer some key benefits and can further improve your components’ applications. Our material experience extends to:
- UHMW
- HDPE
- Nylon 6/6
- Delrin
- ABS
- Vulcanized fiber board
Partner With Winco Stamping For Your Plastic Stamping Services
Winco Stamping has proudly served in the metal stamping industry since 1948. While metal stamping is what we’re known for, we also have expert capabilities in multiple plastic stamping services.
Backed by our ISO 9001:2015 certification, when you partner with Winco, you never have to worry about the quality of your order.
Have more questions about plastic stamping? Want to learn more about the plastic services we offer? Have a design ready to go? Contact us today and we’ll create more than just your parts — we’ll create a partnership that’s built to last.
