Connecticut Spring & Stamping adds fineblanking capabilities

Farmington, Conn.-based Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), a manufacturer of precision parts for the medical, aerospace, firearms, and defense industries worldwide, has expanded its capabilities to include fineblanking, suitable for producing complex, ready-to-install, multifunctional parts.

Using its triple-action fineblanking press, the company can produce completely leveled parts with clean, right-angled cut surfaces and no torn or chipped edges. The single-station compound fineblanking tool produces a finished part in one press stroke. The only additional operation needed is the removal of a slight burr.

The fineblanking press is suitable for a variety of parts up to 2.5 in. long and 0.25 in. thick. Fineblanking can pierce holes equal to material thickness and allows stamping close to the part’s edge. Depending on the part requirements, the company can combine the use of fineblanking with machined features.