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Don’t Use Thicker Material; Add Gussets For Strength!
Here’s an example of some parts we worked on with our customers. By adding gussets, areas of weakness on this part were effectively strengthened. The result? A smarter, more efficient design that saves on both material and piece price costs.When discussing part design with our customers, we often hear the same question: “How can we make this part stronger, springier, or more durable?” The first instinct is usually to use thicker material. While thicker material…
Read MoreEnhancing Part Traceability: Stamping Dates and Part Features Directly on Parts
Have you ever looked at a part and wished you knew which lot it came from? Or have you ever looked at two very similar parts and wished there was something easily identifiable to distinguish between them? Ideally, the box the parts came in provide that information, but once parts are assembled, tracking can become nearly impossible. In the past, we added proof marks when dies were updated for revision levels, among other changes. However,…
Read MoreServo Press Deep Draw in Action
Watch the Video to See How Our Servo Presses Can Be Slowed Down and Repeat Actions In the Middle Of The Cycle; to Allow for Extra Deep Drawing. Old Fashion Fly Wheel Punch Presses Can’t do This. We combine this with fully adjustable nitrogen cushion for backpressure; to optimize speed and deep drawing capabilities. Learn More About Servo Presses
Read MoreYour One-Stop Shop for Your Stamping Needs
Today we are running this die for the 1st time for its production part approval process (PPAP). Once approved, hundreds of thousands of this part will run every year here at Acro. This marks the 4th tool we ran this month for a PPAP. Our in-house toolroom built this die from the ground up… meaning they completed everything from the designing, machining/wiring, to the assembly of this die. What are your stamping needs? We are…
Read MoreTooling Takeover Success Continues
Check out this “new” tool we are running for the 1st time at Acro. This tool is stamping 9.4 inch wide and 0.032 inch thick material. This progressive die was transferred to Acro to stamp an electrical circuit part for use in the automotive industry. The die has over 20 progressions to create a part with over 75 specifications. The die was transferred to Acro in terrible shape. The prior stamper could not run this…
Read MoreAcro’s Success Leads to More Dies Transferred
A company that is an industry leader in automated clamping solutions approached Acro 3 years ago with a crucial need for a stamper to run, maintain, and refurbish over 80+ of their metal stamping dies. Acro was able to leverage our robust in-house toolroom capabilities to get these dies repaired and fitted into our hybrid servo presses. The customer was so satisfied with the quality improvements, improved on-time delivery, and cost savings when moving their dies to Acro; they continue to transfer additional dies to Acro today.
Read MoreAnother Supplier Award
Acro has been recognized for our excellence as a supplier again; being recognized as the best new supplier to one of North America’s largest engine manufacturers.
Read MoreSupplier Award
Transferring over 80 dies to Acro resulted in a 20% improvement in our customer’s on-time shipping. It took a long time for Acro to repair all the tooling that we took over in 2021. However, once they were repaired and updated; Acro was able to run far enough ahead to have 90%+ of parts in inventory before releases were even put on. This huge improvement in Acro’s just in time delivery, which yielded our customer’s…
Read MoreOur Largest Washer Ever
9″ Dia Washer, Holding .010″ Flatness, Out of Soft Copper, Only .35″ Wide Walls… Very Difficult! How did we hold the flatness? Specialty Decoiler/Straightners & Utilizing Servo Presses Unique Ability to Dwell at the Bottom of the Stroke.
Read MoreISO 9001:2015 Recert Complete
We’ve completed our annual audit for recertification of ISO 9001:2015 compliance with no major non-conformances. Thank you to our wonderful Quality Team. Download Cert
Read MoreNew Company Video
Interviews with key members of Team Acro Various Videos produced with Jenny Fetzer our QA Manager, our Tooling Supervisors: Joel Goyete, Brett Scott, Jim Wobig and President: Jim Wolfenberg .
Read MoreISO 9001:2015 Certified
We recently completed our updating from ISO 9001:2008 to 9001:2015. It required a significant amount of work but provided our quality people with a chance to review all of our procedures and develop time saving techniques. The 2 Big changes we noticed were the greater emphasis on using the PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) for continuous improvement; and a focus on risk assessment in all phases (both input and output). So what value do…
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