MATRICATS

Whenever the situation permits, an order similar to the following should be followed:

- Study and optimize the design of the piece. By those responsible for tooling or who should produce it.

-Analyze the market and demand. It is made to know the quality and finish requirements, aspects, tolerances and quantity of parts.

- Assess whether the part should be assembled with others and its intrinsic needs.

-Determine the means and materials. For example if it must be aluminum, carbon steel or stainless steel. Or to know the type of manufacturer's presses (they can condition the tools depending on the types and tonnages). Also know the years that the manufacturing possibility must remain active. This data can be interesting to calculate the tooling project.

Yes, from reverse engineering and a laser sensor. The design of the piece can be done.

It essentially depends on the needs of the product in its cycle of use. It can usually be related to the sector. The thicknesses generally go from 0.5 mm to 4 or 5 mm. Although the average thickness of the materials are centered between 1 and 3mm.

-Carbon Steels: In general all sectors, the material is the one that has the best relation in raw material cost. And it has a good mechanical resistance of the piece. In most cases it must have a subsequent protective treatment, such as paints, lacquers, enamels, galvanized, etc., to minimize corrosion or oxidation.

-Stainless steels. Of more difficult conformation, they offer superior mechanical capabilities to the first 2. Although it may be more expensive, the needs for subsequent protective treatments can be minimized or eliminated.

 -Aluminum: Perfumery, aeronautics, automotive, lighting. Since it has light weight, reasonable cost, reasonable capacity or resistance of the piece.

-Special or high resistance steels. It is worth mentioning part. Whether it is cold or hot forming. Some specials from the automotive sector are hot formed simultaneously. They are generally expensive processes.

Usually the delivery times in its manufacturing process are much faster. And the costs of execution much lower, since the finished in drawn pieces can be almost definitive with few or no reprocesses. However, in cast iron, having additional finishes, reprocessing is common, thus increasing costs. Also the structural capacities of drawn pieces can be greater to equal weight. In general the embedded pieces are much lighter.