Progressive die stamping runs a continuous strip through multi-station dies in steel, stainless, and aluminum. The highest-volume, lowest-per-part stamped parts from ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 certified facilities. The U.S. team runs DFM review, tooling, and quality documentation.
Review core progressive die stamping capabilities, materials, tolerances, inspection methods, and production requirements before requesting a quote.
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Share your part details, drawings, or CAD files. Redstone will review the requirements and confirm feasibility, tolerances, materials, lead time, and next steps.
Final specifications are confirmed during the technical feasibility review.
Redstone helps hardware teams move from released drawings to repeat production with documented quality, competitive unit costs, and engineering support from the U.S.
ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949 active at every facility on the program list. Statistical process control from first part. Third-party inspection at origin before every shipment. Audit-ready documentation included.
Your RFQ goes to a specific facility and a dedicated U.S. program manager, not a bidding portal. Redstone owns the facility relationship and the quality outcome. One U.S. point of contact from quote through receiving dock.
DFM review for material, gauge, and strip layout, progressive die design, and PPAP submission run from the U.S. team. Die work, stamping, and inspection run at the certified facility. You get one invoice and one contact in your time zone.
Redstone supports production metal parts across automotive, electronics, industrial equipment, and consumer hardware programs.
Brackets, clips, terminals, and structural reinforcements at high volume. PPAP and first-article documentation standard for automotive volume programs.
Contacts, terminals, lead frames, and shields. High feature count at high volume, where a progressive die holds position stroke to stroke. EMI shielding stampings on qualifying programs.
Clips, fasteners, brackets, and small structural stampings in long runs. High-strength and corrosion-resistant materials for industrial equipment.
Stamped brackets, clips, and small housings for hardware and device programs at scale. Volume from 50,000 to 5,000,000+ units per year.
From initial drawings to final delivery, Redstone keeps each stage clear, documented, and aligned with production requirements.
Each handoff is documented. No stage moves forward until drawings, materials, and production requirements are confirmed with the customer.
Send part files, material and gauge, and annual volume. Same-day technical feasibility review. Full quote within 48 hours, including tooling, freight, and customs where applicable.
Review the quote and production plan. Sign the production agreement. Redstone confirms material, strip layout, facility assignment, tooling timeline, and first-article schedule.
Progressive die tooling runs to schedule. First-article samples ship to your engineering team for sign-off. PPAP package available on regulated programs.
Volume progressive stamping runs at the assigned IATF 16949 certified facility. Statistical process control applied from first part. Lot traceability maintained end to end.
Third-party inspection at origin against your approved drawings and tolerances. Dimensional report, visual inspection, and material certification included in every shipment. US customs brokerage handled. Landed cost on your dock matches the number Redstone quoted.
Redstone supports production progressive die stamping programs for OEMs and engineering-led teams that require repeatable quality, controlled costs, and reliable part production.
Production components for automotive Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers and specialty OEM programs, run to IATF 16949 in certified facilities with U.S. engineering oversight from quote through delivery.
Production progressive die stamping components for electronics programs, run to documented quality with U.S. engineering oversight.
Cast, machined, and fabricated components for industrial equipment programs, run to ISO 9001 with U.S. engineering oversight from quote through delivery.
Production progressive die stamping components for construction programs, run to documented quality with U.S. engineering oversight.
Production progressive die stamping components for renewable energy programs, run to documented quality with U.S. engineering oversight.
Production progressive die stamping components for consumer products programs, run to documented quality with U.S. engineering oversight.
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A progressive die is a single multi-station tool. The strip feeds through it, and each press stroke advances the strip and completes another station, so a finished part comes off every stroke. It fits the highest-volume runs, where the fixed tooling cost is spread across a very large quantity and the per-part cost is the lowest of any stamped option. Send your annual volume and Redstone confirms whether a progressive die or a single-station tool is the right fit at the feasibility review.
Single-station stamping runs one operation per press, so a part with several features moves through several tools or several hits. A progressive die builds the part across several stations in one tool in one pass, which holds feature position and removes handling between steps. Progressive tooling costs more up front and pays back at higher volume.
Steel, stainless, and aluminum are standard, with brass and copper alloys on qualifying programs. 0.010 inch to 0.250 inch on standard tooling, with heavier gauges supported at select facilities. Send your material spec and gauge and Redstone confirms the facility and tonnage class at quoting.
Progressive die stamping is a very high-volume process. $50,000 minimum program value. Volume programs only. Multi-year preferred. For moderate volumes, Redstone runs the same part on a single-station tool or turret punch until the volume justifies a progressive die.
Yes. Send the existing die drawings, strip layout, PPAP package, and current supplier quote. Redstone assesses tool transfer feasibility, runs a parallel quote with the certified facilities, and projects landed-cost savings and lead-time impact before you commit. Existing tooling is often re-usable in Redstone equipment.
