Generally speaking, stamping factories have basic equipment including Shear Machines, CNC Punching Machines/Laser, Plasma, Waterjet Cutting Machines/Combination Machines, Bending Machines, as well as various auxiliary equipment such as unwinding machines, leveling machines, deburring machines, spot welding machines, etc.
Usually, the three most important steps in stamping factories are cutting, punching/cutting, and folding.
Stamping parts are sometimes also called sheet metal, which comes from the English word platemetal. Generally, some metal sheets are stamped by hand or mold to produce plastic deformation, forming the desired shape and size, and can be further welded or processed with a small amount of machinery to form more complex parts. For example, chimneys, iron furnaces, and car shells commonly used in households are all sheet metal parts.
Stamping processing is called sheet metal processing. For example, using sheet metal to make chimneys, iron drums, oil tanks and pots, ventilation ducts, elbow heads, sky gardens, funnel-shaped structures, etc., the main processes are cutting, bending edges, bending forming, welding, riveting, etc., which require a certain amount of geometric knowledge.
Stamped parts are thin metal parts that can be processed through stamping, bending, stretching, and other methods. A general definition is parts with constant thickness during the processing. Correspondingly, there are castings, forged parts, machined parts, etc. For example, the outer iron shell of a car is a sheet metal part, and some cabinets made of stainless steel are also sheet metal parts.
Modern sheet metal technology includes: filament power winding, laser cutting, heavy-duty processing, metal bonding, metal drawing, plasma cutting, precision welding, roll forming, metal sheet bending forming, die forging, water jet cutting, precision welding, etc.