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Die sets, punches and cutting dies in Tijuana

Die sets, punches and cutting dies in Tijuana

Name: MPC Maquinados
Address: Loma Gris 9825, Col. Colinas de la Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California, 22540, MX
Telephone: +52 664 689 7552
Price range: $$

Die shoes, ground plates, punches and dies in hardened tool steel, built and maintained for real production.

Stamping tooling

A well-built die set shows in the burr on the part and in the life of the punches. We build complete cutting tooling or replace the elements that wear: punches, dies, clamping plates, pillars and bushings. We work tool steels with in-house hardening and tempering, and we grind the plates so the assembly's parallelism does not depend on luck.

Complete die set manufacturing

We design and build die shoes with guide pillars and bushings, ground upper and lower plates, clamping plate and stripper plate. We set the cutting clearance by material and thickness, and we deliver the assembly tested, not assembled on paper.

Replacement punches and dies

The punch is the consumable element of the tooling. We reproduce tool-steel punches and dies from the original, from the print or from the part it produces, with hardening, tempering and grinding. If the tooling has lost its documentation, we rebuild it by reverse engineering.

Maintenance and resharpening

Before replacing a tool, let us check whether it can be recovered. We resharpen punches and dies, correct clearances, replace guide elements and bring the die back to spec for a fraction of the cost of a new one.

Cutting clearance decides tooling life

The burr you see on the part is the symptom; the clearance between punch and die is the cause. Too little clearance forces the material to shear in two stages and punishes the punch edge; too much stretches the sheet before breaking it and leaves a dragged edge. We calculate it as a percentage of thickness by material — lower in aluminum and brass, higher in high-strength steel — and we verify it against the real part, not just the drawing. Correcting that clearance usually extends punch life more than upgrading the steel it is made from.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can you service a die you did not build?

Yes. We tear it down, measure clearances and wear, resharpen what is recoverable and manufacture only the elements that no longer meet spec.

What hardness do the punches ship at?

It depends on the steel and the application. We define hardening and tempering by the material being cut and the expected volume, and the written specification ships with the tooling.