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Big Rapids Products has presses for virtually every type of job application, from transfer presses and high speed progressive die presses to line-die work cells. In the press room, there are 28 presses ranging from 50 to 2,000 ton capacity with a max bed size of 96" x 238".

Other production equipment including Roll Form, Stretch Bending, Wire Forming and Part Washing. Adjacent to the press room is the tool room, fully equipped for drilling, milling, grinding, turning and welding. Tooling Maintained by Journeymen Die Makers.

Listed below are some of the most commonly used materials:

Stainless Steel
 Carbon Steel
436 Bright Annealed
 J-113 Wire
434 BA
 1008/1010 CRS
430 BA
 HSLA 960 XF
302 Stainless Wire
 J1392 060 XF
409
 Aluminized CRS
409 Aluminized
 Galvanized CRS
304 L
 1050 CRS
309S Galvanized HSLA
441
18CRCB
439 Stainless Steel

Design Engineering Capabilites

CADKEY Version 19 (4 STATIONS)
  • Tool Design
  • Product Design
  • Print Detailing
  • 3-D Surface Modeling
  • Multi-axis Machine Programming
  • Surface Data Scanning
  • Photo Realistic Rendering
  • Full Scale Plotting
File Transfer Capabilities
  • Import Native Catia V.4.5/Pro E/Unigraphics/.IGS/.DWG/.DXF/.STL Formats
  • Internet/File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • E-Mail File Transfer
Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Design for Manufacturability Analysis (DFMA)

Design Verification
  • Prototyping
  • Proposal Drawings
  • Design of Experiments

Plant & Equipment

Metal Fabrication Facility (108,000 square feet)
Warehouse, Assembly and Distribution Center (26,000 square feet)
  • Stamping 50 - 2,000 Ton
  • Wire Forming
  • Roll Forming & Stretch Bending
  • Prototyping
  • Assembly & Welding
  • ISO/TS-16949:2002
  • Quality Laboratories
  • Complete Engineering Capability


800 Ton PTC 3-Axis Transfer
  • 200 x 84
  • Coil feed line
  • Dual rolling bolster
  • Underground scrap removal
  • In-line part washer/dryer



    800 Ton PTC
  • 144 x 72
  • 3-Axis Transfer

    600 Ton Bliss
  • 108 x 54

    300 Ton Minster
  • 96 x 48

    600 Ton Stamtec
  • 3-Axis Transfer
  • 112 x 63

    400 Ton Danly
  • 84 x 48



    275 Ton AIDA HMS Transfer
  • 2 Axis Transfer



    Line Dies
  • Capability: 10 Dies 60 x 36



    Hi-Speed Stamping
  • 3 — 100 Ton Hi-Speed Minster Piecemakers
  • 1 — 121 Ton AIDA Gap Frame



    Roll Forming
  • 16 Stand 1 1/2” Mill
  • 10 Stand 2” Mill
  • 2 — Stretch Benders
  • 4 — OBI Trim Presses

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