Tooling Smarts: How to cut material waste and improve part flow with better die design.
If you work with high-volume stampings, you already know: material waste adds up fast. But what you may not realize is how often that waste traces back to a poorly optimized strip layout.
Let’s face it—once production is running, we’re focused on keeping the press moving. But when the die strip isn’t working with you, it can quietly chip away at your margins. From extra scrap to premature tool wear, a suboptimal strip layout can be one of your most expensive blind spots.
This guide walks you through the core design factors behind efficient strip layouts—and how the right setup can increase yield, improve uptime, and reduce rework across the board.