stamping vs laser cutting
 

Which tends to be cheaper for ~10,000 pcs of small, relatively simple
parts (~3" long simple shapes with 2 or 3 1/4" holes in them)....
getting them punched or laser cut? The material is 14 gauge stainless.

Joe

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Which tends to be cheaper for ~10,000 pcs of small, relatively simple
parts (~3" long simple shapes with 2 or 3 1/4" holes in them)....
getting them punched or laser cut? The material is 14 gauge stainless.

Joe


14 gauge SS is going to have a very high die wear.
Lasers can cut an entire 4' x 8' sheet at once.
You will have a slight burr from a laser.
Get a competitve price for waterjet.

Depending on the complexity of the die and if you can make the die and have
a press, I would recommend punching them. Send me a print, I might want to
do them for you. I think Ernie's right about the SS being tough but 10k
pieces is nothing. It depends on you're budget...which is? What's your
time frame? Do you have a laser cutter lined up yet?
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Which tends to be cheaper for ~10,000 pcs of small, relatively simple
parts (~3" long simple shapes with 2 or 3 1/4" holes in them)....
getting them punched or laser cut? The material is 14 gauge stainless.

Joe

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In article .com,
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Which tends to be cheaper for ~10,000 pcs of small, relatively simple
parts (~3" long simple shapes with 2 or 3 1/4" holes in them)....
getting them punched or laser cut? The material is 14 gauge stainless.

Joe




14 gauge SS is going to have a very high die wear.
Lasers can cut an entire 4' x 8' sheet at once.
You will have a slight burr from a laser.
Get a competitve price for waterjet.


Yea...look into water jet unless you expect the job to ever repeat. The
water jet cutter should be able to stack sheet to get the cost down.
How many they can stack depends on the tolerances you have.

Depending on the profile and tolerances, it may be cheaper to use
miltiple press operations with standard dies and simple jigs. the labor
goes up but most, if not all, of the dies may already be ont he shelf.
Also, may be cheaper if you profile cut on laser or water jet and punch
the holes as a second op. This eliminates the piercing portion of the
laser/WJ cutting which I've heard (don't quote me) ups the costs.

Koz