Advanced Design's time-line from incorporation in early 1993 to present, high-lighting our diversity and showing our maturation process as a company. Also, take note that the development Die Designer software began in 1990 and though it is a fully fledged application for the design of progressive dies, it is still, and will continue to be, a work in progress.
Lead-frame/Terminal
Lead-frame/terminal type progressive die that produces 2 parts which later get molded into a plastic housing... for the automotive industry. This is an older design, finished in 1993, the same year Advanced Designs was incorporated, so there are some presentation changes between then and the current. But, this still conveys attention to detail and thoroughness right from the very beginning of Advanced Designs becoming a business entity.
Here is a progressive terminal die (coined terminal tips) that also gets molded into a housing for the automotive industry. This was also a early to mid 1990's design where the customer had somewhat different construction requirements. This tool had a good amount of bending, with some of the terminal legs bend underneath each other. A number of the bends had adjustment stations to qualify the bend to the piece part print.
Here is a very complex high-speed contact die, designed in the later 1990's for the telecommunications industry. This particular tool was actually modular, in that you could swap out the middle module to produce a contact formed in the complementary direction. This was full carbide tool that was split and ground. This type of tooling became a very large part of Advanced Design's business.
In 2001 Advanced Designs began a diversification program to broaden the company's knowledge and expertise. This bracket die was designed around 2004 and is a example of that diversity. By designing for heavier material, like this bracket die and also venturing into the appliance industry with the inclusion of manual transfer tooling, Advanced Designs has matured, with attention to detail and engineering skill undiminished, but in reality growing wildly.
Advanced Designs has always designed draw dies for either progressive tooling or manual transfer tooling. This progressive design example from 2008 really high-lights how diversified we are as an engineering company. Note, that while all the example designs have a similar presentation, they very greatly in not only the type of tooling, but the construction of that tooling. Advanced Designs engineers and designs with your company's construction requirements, as varied as they may be.
