Ashore Manufacturing builds new dies from the ground up at our Berlin Center, Ohio facility. Whether you need a simple blanking die, a single-station form die, or a full progressive die with ten or more stations, our team handles design, machining, assembly, and press tryout in-house.
What we build:
Our process:
Every build follows a structured nine-phase workflow: design review, material procurement, CNC machining, drilling, heat treatment, surface grinding, wire EDM finishing, and final bench assembly with press tryout on our 250-ton Verson stamping press. Cutting edges and forms are built from D2 and A2 tool steel hardened to spec, using commercial Dayton Progress components where geometry allows.
Quality assurance:
No die leaves our shop without passing a 17-point Shipment Review Checklist covering critical dimensions, punch and die clearances, form clearances, stripper travel, slug clearance, fastener torque, weight, tonnage, and customer-specific requirements. Each completed checklist is signed, dated, and attached to the job folder.
Typical lead times:
When an existing die fails, wears out, or needs modification for a new part revision, downtime costs you money. Ashore offers full repair, refurbishment, and emergency turnaround on dies and tooling of all types and ages, regardless of original manufacturer.
What we handle:
One shop, one stop:
With CNC milling, two wire EDM systems, surface grinding, conventional milling, a Carlton radial drill, and a 250-ton press for tryout all under one roof, most repairs are completed without sending work to outside vendors. We can work from existing prints, reverse-engineer from worn components, or fabricate replacement parts from a customer-supplied sample.
Typical lead times for repair work range from 1 to 3 weeks depending on scope, with emergency turnaround available when production is on the line.
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