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Considerations for Prototyping Metal Parts
Here at Fourslide, we have long offered prototyping services for our customers. A very high percentage of the jobs we quote are for flat springs, contacts, clips, and other metal parts that have never been previously made, to be used in brand-new devices and products....
Facility Update: Welcome to Our Upgraded Tool Room
It’s been full-steam ahead with the facility reorganization that we first unveiled back in November, and we are happy to report that we are fully up and running in our first phase of upgraded spaces. A dedicated new office space now houses our CAD and tool design...
Bill King Celebrates 40 Years at Fourslide
In 1979, the federal minimum wage was $2.65 per hour; the inflation rate was 13.3%. You could buy a new Toyota Corolla for $3500 and fill the gas tank with a $10 bill. Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans defeated Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in the NCAA...
Facility Reorganization & Upgrade
At Fourslide, multiple consecutive record-breaking years have led to longstanding discussions about the best way to support the ongoing growth of our core business. This led to a lot being purchased for the construction of a brand-new, larger facility across the...
Contact Us Early in Your Design Process
We’re frequently contacted by customers seeking assistance with a custom spring, clip or battery contact for their new products. Often, it’s the last item on their shopping list. The designs of other components — be it PCBs or plastic injection-molded parts — have...
Consider Fourslide for Light-Gauge Metal Stampings
Many manufacturers have long employed the fourslide process to produce formed parts with multiple bends and forms. Fewer, however, consider the fourslide process when faced with flatter parts, such as those pictured here. These types of light-gauge metal stampings are...
Bryan Funk Appointed President
Bryan Funk is the new President of Fourslide Spring and Stamping, becoming just the third person to hold the position in the company’s 56 year history. He succeeds his father, Arthur Funk, Jr., who followed founder Arthur Funk, Sr. Bryan joined the company in 2006,...
Bud Funk Retires
After 25 years at the helm, Arthur “Bud” Funk, Jr. has retired from his position of President of Fourslide Spring and Stamping. Bud joined the company in 1975 following stints with both General Tire and Diebold. For more than 40 years, Bud has been an active member...
Flexible Part Production Protects Against Market Uncertainty
Facing market uncertainty, manufacturers are relying on flexible, economical part production methods to accommodate for frequent changes while scaling up from pre-production to higher volumes. Whether launching a new product, improving a product, entering a new...
An American OEM Relies on Domestic Fourslide Stamping to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Brunton Outdoor chose the domestic fourslide process for fast, accurate, economical, easily modified, straight stamping of parts. Fourslide was able to create combination tooling that accommodated two types of similar stampings for less than $6,500. Using conventional...
Profitably Ramping Up New Part Production
When a manufacturer launches a new product or enters a new market, it often finds itself between a rock and a hard place, production-wise. On one hand, it must keep manufacturing costs as low as possible upfront, since market demand can be uncertain and volatile, and...
Domestic Fourslide Process Slashes Part Fabrication Costs
If you're sourcing stamped metal parts from overseas, you may be required to order far more than you really need, in addition to paying more for tooling and material. If you're sourcing metal stampings from overseas locations such as China, you're most likely buying...
Fourslide Fabrication Offers Advantages Over Conventional Metal Stamping
A start-to-finish metal part-making process can offer manufacturers unprecedented cost and time savings. Director of Sales and Marketing Jim Richards says Fourslide Spring and Stamping Inc. doesn't try to be a "jack of all trades." But even the smallest custom...
Should Your Choose Fourslide or Power Press for Your Part?
The fourslide part-making process offers several benefits versus the traditional power press. Here's how to decide if and when to take advantage of it. Named for the four tool slides that perform stamping and forming operations, the fourslide process offers several...
Why Turn to Fourslide for Your Metal Part?
Manufacturers are slashing part cost, speeding product delivery, and streamlining quality assurance with an integrated stamping and forming operation called fourslide. Manufacturers have traditionally relied on power press machines to stamp out many of their parts in...