Anyone one here with a engineering company ?

[1441]

Looking for a very simple part stamped out of flat plate 2mm thick, then bzp plated, initially around 1000 pieces, anyone?

Part is triangular in shape, 115mm long base, 57mm high with a 35mm diameter hole in the middle.

[Steve57]

Not something we can do, I would ask a local laser cutter service. I can enquired for you if you want to compare costs.

[1441]

If you could, never had anything like this made before but will be on phone tomorrow, I assumed maybe incorrectly that punching may be the cheaper option ?

[spikeyhead]

The machining time with punching will be very low, but you'll have an expensive tool to pay for.

The machining time with laser will be high, but you'll just have to pay for a simple program.

I'm so far out of date on these that I can't put realistic figures on the trade offs, but that's what you need to concentrate on.

[Steve57]

The tooling costs would probably be expensive,not that i have ever had any made. laser is only a simple file to create. I'll fire something over to our laser cutters and see the reply.

Steve

[b0rk]

The punch die would I suspect be in the order 1.5k if single punching for that shape from experience so unlikely to recover the cost vs cutting laser/plasma/waterjet. Does the finish need to be BZP as you could specify pre-galv and get them cut from strip or coil which would be cheaper again. The edges would be unprotected obviously.