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Technical articles on stamping and machining, plus company and trade show news.

2 Oct 2025

Key considerations when deep-drawing metal stamping parts

Drawing turns a flat blank into an open hollow part under pressure from the punch. Four common approaches, and what governs the result in each.

11 Jul 2025

Precision stamping produces mechanical parts to tight tolerance at low unit cost. Where it wins against machining, and where it does not.

4 Jun 2025

Spring contacts are selected on function, not habit. Steel for repeated deflection, copper alloys for conductivity and solderability.

13 Feb 2025

Two identical coils can give different tensile results. Material chemistry explains part of it; test method and prior processing explain the rest.

9 Jan 2025

A good cut edge means a minimal burr and a controlled bright band. Both come down to punch-to-die clearance and tool condition.

1 Mar 2019

Notes from the world's leading industrial technology trade fair, and what European buyers are asking of Chinese hardware suppliers.

2 Feb 2019

We attended HANNOVER MESSE, the world's leading trade show for industrial technology, and met potential OEM buyers from across the EU.

7 Jan 2019

At the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston we met customers from around the world, and came away with a better than expected result.