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Progressive & compound dies

ACE excels in designing and building top-quality progressive and compound dies, from 3″ × 3″ to 30″ × 60″, built to your exact specifications.

Progressive and compound dies

Our in-house tool room and experienced die design team have proven to be an economical means of getting your parts to production. Full control over the design, manufacturing, assembly and maintenance of dies enables us to deliver superior quality with constant reliability for all our production.

Whether the need is low-cost consumable tools or precision, high-speed carbide dies with in-die sensors to protect your investment, ACE fulfills clients’ needs with ease.

ACE — rapid die prototyping enables quick trial runs, ensuring design accuracy.

Dies we build

We use the latest technologies in our tooling and die building. CNC and wire EDM machines produce the most intricate components, all controlled by the latest CAM software. Our experienced die makers have everything they need on site to create almost any type of die your job requires.

  • Progressive dies
  • Secondary dies
  • Compound blank dies
  • Draw dies
  • Insert-stamping dies
  • Coining dies
  • Hand transfer dies

Progressive dies

A multi-stage sheet metal forming process where the final shape takes form with multiple sequential operations. Within one press, progressive die stamping can perform multiple stampings including blank, form, draw, pierce, tap and stake.

Compound dies

A single-stage sheet metal forming process where the final shape is created with a single press stroke.

Progressive dies