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What is the cost of manufacturing sheet metal parts ?

In order to get the best pricing for your sheet metal parts project it is important to understand how the pricing is made and which are the cost impacting contraints.

Non recurring tooling costs

According to the complexity of your part and the quantity needed some tooling costs may need to be applied. Tooling are often use to reduce the number of manufacturing steps and to save cost for high quantities orders.

Parts costs

There are different technology solutions available for the manufacturing of sheet metal parts. As sheet metal specialist, AGCIS will choose the most adapt on for better price/quality ratio of your parts.

• Punching is usually the cheapest and quickest way of making holes, but the cut may include burrs and some tooling costs may be needed
• Laser cutting or water pressure cutting are very effective and provide good cut quality but are slower to process.
• Unless included in a big punching tool, each bend on a part has to be done one at a time.
• Inserts maybe punched, welded or screwed on the parts, the number of insert will have an important impact on the part price. There are also different quality of inserts, local Chinese inserts been less expensive than international brand, don’t hesitate to specify if you need specific brand.
• Materials : there are many available materials for metal sheet parts, below is their listing in decreasing value :  Copper > stainless steel > Aluminum > brass > Cold Rolled steel (CRS) >  Zinc plated steel > Aluzinc
• Thickness of the parts : the thicker the part the more expensive it will be to proceed.
• Surface treatment : Painting, anodisation, alodine coating, galvanization, tin coating costs need to be assessed case by case on the specification.
• Packaging : metal sheet parts are often easy to be deformed if not well packed, to be considered from the start of the project.