Phosphor Bronze Flex Finger Contact for the Automotive Industry

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The product shown here was produced utilizing our precision progressive die stamping capabilities. Designed as a contact for an automotive lighting application, this component required precision as well as high speed.

Because of our highly reputable stamping capabilities as well as our in-house Die maintenance department, a customer asked if we would take in their existing tooling.  We brought the die in-house and groomed it to produce first article inspection samples which were provided to the customer for approval. Utilizing our 30 ton Bruderer punch press, we now produce 2.3 million of these parts annually. Our Customer requires the parts to be placed on a Reel-to-Reel fashion in order to support their assembly process.

Because the contact is composed of Pre-Plated .008” thick CA521 phosphor bronze, our customer was able to save money. Instead of the traditional post stamping process, we were able to have a master coil of .008 CA521 Phosphor Bronze plated to our customers specifications and then re-slit to our specified tooling material width for stamping. This process significantly cut the plating cost. Quality control is provided through a vision system which allows us to maintain a ±.0005”dimension with zero defect to the customer. We also provide a race track system for other critical dimensions.

To aid the customer’s inventory needs we provide a Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery program. To learn more about this precision die stamping project, please see table below or contact us directly.