Metal stamping for sheet-metal parts at very high volume.

Blanking, piercing, forming and deep drawing on progressive dies — the process for brackets, contacts, clips and enclosures in the hundreds of thousands, with the die designed and built in-house.

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Quick definition

Stamping runs sheet metal through a press and a die that cuts and forms it in a series of stations — blanking, piercing, bending and drawing — often in one progressive stroke. Once the die is built, parts come off in seconds at a very low cost each, which makes it the process for sheet-metal parts at high volume: contacts, clips, brackets and drawn enclosures.

Pressed to shapeSheet metal, at scale
SteelsCarbon · stainlessStructural · spring
Non-ferrousAl · Cu · brassContacts
DiesProgressiveMulti-station
Die designed and built in-house — one team owns both.
100k+the volumes where a stamping die earns out
Progressiveblank, pierce, form and draw in one press stroke
0.1–6 mmsheet gauges, from thin contacts to structural brackets
Seconds/partpress cycle times machining can't touch

A die that fits the part, not a generic one

A stamping is only as good as its die.

Farm a stamping out cold and you get a die quoted before anyone checks the volume, a material chosen for the shop, and plating sourced somewhere else. OperGo designs the die around your part and volume, stamps it in the right gauge and alloy, and plates or finishes it under the same quote — so the tool and the parts come from one team that owns both.

Generic die, farmed out
  • A die quoted before the volume is even known
  • Gauge and alloy chosen for the shop, not the part
  • Deep-drawn features fought against instead of designed for
  • Plating and finishing sourced from a separate vendor
The OperGo way
  • A die designed around the part, the gauge and the real volume
  • Material matched to forming, strength, conductivity or corrosion
  • Draws, bends and pierces engineered into the die from the start
  • Plating and finishing under the same quote and account

What we run

Cut, formed and drawn, on one die.

Progressive-die stamping

Blank, pierce, form and draw across stations in one press stroke — the workhorse for high-volume sheet-metal parts.

Deep drawing

Flat sheet drawn into cups, shells and enclosures — battery cans, housings and covers formed without a weld.

Blanking & piercing

Precise flat blanks and hole patterns punched at speed, ready to form or to use flat.

Die design & build

Progressive and transfer dies designed and built in-house, then run and maintained on our own presses.

The spec sheet

Materials, gauges and tooling.

Materials & tooling · Metal Stampingprogressive
SteelsCold-rolled and stainless steel for structural, spring and corrosion-resistant parts.
Non-ferrousAluminum for light parts, and copper and brass for electrical contacts and connectors where conductivity matters.
GaugeRoughly 0.1 mm foil-thin contacts up to ~6 mm structural brackets, matched to strength and formability.
ToolingSingle-station, progressive and transfer dies, designed and built in-house — a one-time cost that amortizes over a high-volume run.
FinishingDeburring, plating (zinc, tin, nickel), painting and passivation, specified under the same quote.

Full range of materials and finishes on Materials & finishes →

Picking a process

Stamping wins at volume — laser and bending win before the die pays off.

Stamping vs. laser + bending →

For prototypes and low-to-mid volumes, laser cutting and press-brake bending need no dedicated tooling. Once volume is high, a stamping die makes each part far cheaper and faster.

Stamping vs. CNC machining →

Machining suits thick, three-dimensional metal parts. Stamping suits flat or formed sheet-metal parts made in huge numbers from strip.

The die behind it →

A stamped part needs a progressive or transfer die. We design and build it in-house and run it on our own presses.

Metal stamping, answered

At what volume does stamping beat laser cutting and bending?

Roughly from the high tens of thousands upward. Below that, laser cutting and press-brake bending avoid the die cost entirely. Above it, the stamping die's speed and low per-part price win decisively. Your engineer runs the crossover math on your actual volume.

What does a stamping die cost?

It's a one-time tooling cost set by the number of stations, the size of the part and whether it's progressive or transfer. It amortizes over the run, so cost per part falls sharply as volume rises. We design and build the die in-house.

What materials and thicknesses can you stamp?

Cold-rolled and stainless steel, aluminum, and copper and brass for electrical contacts — from around 0.1 mm foil up to about 6 mm structural gauge, matched to strength, formability and conductivity.

Can you deep-draw enclosures and cans, not just flat parts?

Yes. Deep drawing pulls flat sheet into cups, shells and enclosures — housings, covers and battery cans formed in the die without a weld. It is designed into the die from the start.

Do you plate and finish the stamped parts?

Yes — deburring, plating (zinc, tin, nickel), passivation and painting are specified under the same quote, so parts arrive finished, not raw.

What if stamping isn't right for my part?

Then it's requoted as laser + bending for lower volumes, or CNC for thick three-dimensional parts. Opening this page doesn't commit you to a process.

Sheet Metal Bending →

The no-tooling route for prototypes and lower volumes.

Molds & Tooling →

The progressive and transfer dies stamping runs on.

See all capabilities →

CNC, injection molding, sheet metal and everything else we run.

Materials × process

Materials we run in metal stamping.

Sourced, produced and finished under one quote. Tap a material to see the other processes it runs on — material and process are two axes you combine, not one nested inside the other.

SteelStainless SteelAluminumAll materials & finishes →

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