Precision Fineblanking Services and Expertise

FineBlanking is a hybrid metal forming process combining the technologies of stamping and cold extrusion.

Triple-action presses, combined with specially designed tooling, produce parts impossible to make with any other stamping process, allowing for complex geometries, intricate shapes, and features that would be unattainable with conventional stamping methods.

A recognized leader in the development of fineblanking technology, Precision Resource operates more than 100 fineblanking presses, more than any other company in the world. With press sizes ranging from 40 to 1600 tons, Precision Resource has the widest range in the industry, ensuring we can accommodate a wide variety of projects, from small, intricate components to large, complex parts. This flexibility allows us to meet the unique production needs of our customers, regardless of the size or complexity of their requirements.

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The Benefits of Fineblanked Components

Fineblanking, a precise cold forming process, offers numerous advantages over traditional stamping methods, resulting in superior components with enhanced performance and reduced manufacturing costs. Fineblanked parts exhibit extremely tight dimensional and positional tolerances, excellent flatness, and the strength that comes from using rolled metals. Explore the benefits of fineblanking and see how this capability opens new possibilities for product innovation and optimizes functionality of the final product:

Cleanly Sheared and Straight-cut Edges

This enables fineblanked parts to hold very tight dimensional tolerances throughout the thickness of the part. The straight-cut edges also provide excellent and functional bearing surfaces.

Design
Freedom

Multi-station progressive fineblanking tooling can create intricate parts with many features including forms, bends, coining, countersinks, counter bores and more.

Excellent
Flatness

As a result of the counter pressure applied throughout the fineblanking cycle, we can achieve excellent flatness. This often eliminates the need for secondary grinding or in a part that needs to be ground reduces the amount of stock that needs to be removed and therefore reduces the grinding cycle time and cost.

Rolled Stock
Strength

Fineblanked parts are made with rolled stock, which makes them inherently stronger than powder metal components and cast components. Often this increased strength enables engineers to design smaller, lighter fineblanked components than would be designed for PM or casting.

Intricate
Details

Small pierced holes relative to material thickness and holes pierced close to edges, which enable fineblanked parts to be more cost effective than fully machined parts and conventionally stamped parts that need secondary machining.

Positional Accuracy and Repeatability

As a result of the construction of fineblank tooling, true position tolerances can be held very closely and all parts throughout the life of a tool.

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State-of-the-Art Fineblanking Tooling Technology

Precision Resource is a global leader in the development of fineblanking tooling technology. From straightforward compound tools to multi-station progressive tools, transfer tools, and hybrid cold forming tools, we enable the production of some of the most complex fineblanked components available. This provides additional design flexibility and cost savings to our customers. All tooling used at Precision Resource is designed and built in-house.

Research & Development

Research & Development

Innovation is at the forefront of our strategy. By dedicating significant resources to R&D, we continue to push the envelope of feasibility in our technology.

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Your Ideas. Our Expertise.

Your Ideas. Our Expertise.

Every part that is designed has one best method of manufacture – the method that provides all the functionality required at the lowest total cost and is robust enough to consistently produce the quantities required.

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Right, On Time

Right, On Time

Our goal is to continually reduce lead times on new tool deliveries. We offer some of the most competitive new tooling lead times in the industry.

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State-of-the-Art Fineblanking Tooling Technology

Precision Resource is a global leader in the development of fineblanking tooling technology. From straightforward compound tools to multi-station progressive tools, transfer tools, and hybrid cold forming tools, we enable the production of some of the most complex fineblanked components available. This provides additional design flexibility and cost savings to our customers. All tooling used at Precision Resource is designed and built in-house.

Research & Development

Innovation is at the forefront of our strategy. By dedicating significant resources to R&D, we continue to push the envelope of feasibility in our technology.

View Our Services

Your Ideas. Our Expertise.

Every part that is designed has one best method of manufacture – the method that provides all the functionality required at the lowest total cost and is robust enough to consistently produce the quantities required.

Explore Our Values

Right, On Time

Our goal is to continually reduce lead times on new tool deliveries. We offer some of the most competitive new tooling lead times in the industry.

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Our Technical Center:
Fineblanking Process & Technology

Precision Resource has a stand-alone Technical Center in Cambridge, Ontario that develops the company’s fineblanking and processing technologies. Working with our production divisions and our customers, the Technical Center helps to develop part designs and robust production solutions to meet our customers’ requirements in the most cost–effective manner. Their services include design support, prototype production, secondary process development, and limited production.

Additionally, the Technical Center is the centralized fineblanking tool building facility for the company. Here we design and manufacture complex progressive fineblanking tooling that pushes the technology forward and enables Precision Resource to create more features in the fineblanking press, limiting the need for secondary finishing operations.

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Fineblanking Services FAQs

Fineblanking is a specialized metal stamping process that produces precision metal components with smoother edges, tighter tolerances, improved flatness, and higher repeatability than conventional stamping. 

While conventional stamping can leave fractured edges and burrs that may require secondary operations, fineblanking uses specialized tooling and a triple-action press to create clean, fully sheared edges and precise dimensional control in a single operation. 

Because of its accuracy and consistency, fineblanking is often used for tight-tolerance components in automotive, aerospace, industrial, medical, and other demanding applications. In many cases, it can reduce or eliminate secondary machining, grinding, and deburring operations, helping lower overall manufacturing costs.

Yes. Precision Resource offers a limited amount of conventional stamping services, but fineblanking is our core metal forming process when starting with rolled metals.

Fineblanking can be performed on a wide range of materials including carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, copper alloys, aluminum alloys, nickel alloys, and titanium alloys.  

Fineblanked parts range in size from tiny electronic contacts much smaller than a finger tip to large engine plates weighing more than 22 lbs. (10 kgs.) Parts can range in thickness from 0.010” (0.25mm) to over 0.600” (15mm). 

Fineblanking is well suited for medium to high-volume production where consistency, repeatability, and cost efficiency are critical. Many lower volume applications are not appropriate for fineblanking only because it can be hard to justify the cost of part-specific tooling to produce smaller volumes.

Yes. Precision Resource often helps customers convert to fineblanking to help reduce costs and improve repeatability, especially for large volume orders.  We regularly provide design for manufacturing g(DFM) support to help customers convert parts made with conventional stamping, machining, casting, and other methods to fineblanking, when appropropriate. 

Fineblanking is capable of achieving significantly tighter dimensional and positional tolerances than conventional stamping. Actual tolerances depend on material type, material thickness, part geometry, and production volume. Our engineering team works with customers to establish achievable tolerance requirements for each application.

Yes. Fineblanking tooling is designed to deliver excellent positional accuracy and repeatability, making the process well suited for components with critical hole locations, bearing surfaces, and assembly features.

 Fineblanking can produce components with excellent flatness and dimensional consistency. In many applications, this reduces or eliminates  or reduces secondary grinding and machining operations. Contact our engineering team to discuss your unique part’s design and production requirements.

In many applications, yes. Fineblanking can often replace machining for components that require precise dimensions, smooth sheared edges, excellent flatness, and high-volume production. By producing near-net-shape parts directly from sheet metal, fineblanking can reduce material waste, shorten production times, and eliminate or reduce secondary machining operations. 

Whether fineblanking can replace machining depends on the part geometry, material, tolerances, and functional requirements. Our engineering team can evaluate your component and determine the most cost-effective manufacturing approach. 

Fineblanking is commonly used in industries that require high-volume production of precision metal components with tight tolerances, excellent edge quality, and consistent repeatability. Applications are frequently found in automotive, heavy duty, medical, industrial equipment, energy, electronics, and defense markets.

Leverage Our Fineblanking Process and Technology Expertise

If you have questions about fineblanking parts or require fineblanked components, contact Precision Resource today or fill out the form to learn more. Our fineblanking experts look forward to discussing your project needs and how our specialized services can help you achieve your goals.

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