Steel Stamps for All Applications
At Illinois Engraving, our customers look for steel stamps with a long lasting cutting edge that creates a precision impression every time. Our stamps can be custom designed or made to reproduce your artwork with perfect accuracy. They can maintain their cutting edge under the stress of unremitting hammering. We manufacture steel stamps to suit all manufacturing applications with absolute precision:
• Minimal stress stamps are for highly sensitive products such as pressurized containers, electrical components or parts for the aeronautical industry, where microscopic fractures must be avoided.
• Roll dies are shaped like a donut to mark flat, concave or convex surfaces and can mark flat or cylindrical products. They can be used for bar marking or marking tubular metal as well as leather and hot stamping plastic products.
• Hot stamps are typically made from brass or tool steel alloys and are used in hot stamping machines. They can be used in conjunction with hot stamping foils to add color to the product marking for a logo or any variety of text or numbers.
• When you need a raised image we create steel stamps for embossing. The embossing die set is meant to be used in a press. We make these according to your specifications and we can reproduce your artwork accurately.
• Hand steel stamps are best used with a mallet for marking wood, steel, leather, plastic or jewelry.
• Hand held inspection stamps are also used with a mallet to produce a clear impression for professional applications. They are manufactured from high speed steel or metal alloy tool steel.
• If you need to mark your products with your company name, serial numbers or patent numbers for example, alphabet stamps are available in sets with uppercase and lowercase letters. You can also get them in kits with numbers and symbols.
We machine grind our steel type stamps to fit any holder and we are able to accurately reproduce special designs or more than one letter. These steel stamps can be used to mark metal or for date coding paper and plastic products. We use the finest grade of tool steel for maximum life and perfect alignment. Our steel type holders are used for marking irregular or flat surfaces and single or multiple line marking. The type holders are heat treated to ensure a uniform impression depth. Contact Illinois Engraving today at 1.800.528.2050 to place your order for custom steel stamps.
Steel Stamps for Product Manufacturing
Steel stamps are used for making permanent marks on different types of materials. In the marking and engraving industry a stamp is also known as a printing block, a die, a stamper, a punch, a stencil or an embosser. The stamps are used to mark metal, leather, plastic, clay, wood, concrete and jewelry. They are also used in industrial applications.
Tool Steel to Mark All Materials
Product manufacturers are sometimes concerned that their products cannot be marked, but there are many types of tool steel available on the market that can handle even the most stringent situations. For example, companies that manufacture forged products have to deal with the issue of wear and tear on the stamp caused by the stress of constant high temperatures. Hot working steel stamps created from H-13 tool steel hold up particularly well under the high heat of forging. Other tool steels could lose their hardness levels under these conditions.
Steel stamps for metal are made from high grade steel such as A-2 tool steel – the most popular choice in the manufacturing industry since it handles most marking needs. High speed tools steels (M-2, M-4) are used for high volume metal marking. These are made from metal alloys with high carbide content and can be designed with raised images to leave an impression on a surface or with reverse characters for making molds.
Steel stamps for making impressions on leather are typically made from heat-treated tool steel to ensure maximum lifespan and durability. They are made either to serve in a clicker or press or to be used in conjunction with a mallet. Hand held stamps for wood products can also be struck with a mallet to leave a more refined impression that with a branding iron.
Clay and concrete stamps are fully customizable with your logo to leave a precise mark in soft materials such as potter’s clay, precious metal clay and wet cement. Jewelry stamps are also custom designed to create perfect marks every time using a mallet or ball hammer.
Steel stamps for marking plastic are created to use with a press or with a hand mallet, depending on the volume of use. Marking plastic can be tricky so special attention to detail is taken to ensure a clear, accurate impression on the product.
Quality and Expertise at Illinois Engraving
At Illinois Engraving we apply our expertise to custom design your steel stamps with the appropriate tool steel for the job. Quality matters to us. We emphasize this throughout each step of the manufacturing process. Call us today at 1.800.528.2050 for your custom steel stamps.
High Quality Tool Steel for Steel Stamps
Illinois Engraving is highly reputed for excellent craftsmanship and precision results for designing custom steel stamps. We use only the best quality tool steel to manufacture your steel stamps to produce the final product most suitable to your particular applications. Our goal is to increase the quality and value of your final products and minimize costs incurred in your manufacturing process due to tooling break downs.
Tool Steels for Strength and Durability
During the manufacturing process we use combinations of carbon and alloy steels that are ideal for their distinctive hardness, ability to hold an edge and resistance to abrasion, wear and tear. They also have the ability to maintain the integrity of the steel stamps even under elevated temperatures.
We use only tool steels that have been produced under stringently controlled conditions to produce the superior raw material needed for creating the accuracy and hardness required. The carbon content is generally held between 0.7% and 1.4%.
For certain tool steels, in order to reduce the potential for cracking during hardening and to increase the toughness various alloy metals are combined with iron. We use better quality tool steels that are appropriate for oil quenching (oil hardening 0-1) since these are generally appropriate for hand stamps and steel stamps.
Accommodating Tougher Marking Applications
We also use various grades of air-hardening grades of steel (A-2, D-2, M-2, M-4) for your tougher marking needs. The M grades of tool steel are best for stamping products where the hardness and strength must endure when temperatures exceed 760 °C (1,400 °F).
Where the stamp is going to be used in a forging process we use hot-working grades of steel (H-13). This type of steel can withstand prolonged exposure to very high temperatures. It is made with a significant level of carbide forming alloys with 5% chromium content. We also use other special purpose grades or powered metals such as CPM 10V or CPM 15V for custom applications.
Solid Background Serving the Custom Engraving Industry
Illinois Engraving is proud of our 79 years of service in the industry specializing in custom engraved steel stamps manufactured exactly to your specifications. We employ the latest in engraving technologies including CAD/CAM, CNC, and Plunge EDM to expedite your order quickly and accurately. Please call us today at 1-800-528-2050 to order your custom steel stamps.
A-2 Air Hardening Steels Provide Increased Toughness
When steel stamps are made from tool steels, the inherent characteristics of the steel plus the changes that are affected from its manufacturing process and heat treatment dramatically influence its long lasting durability. The chemical composition is of the utmost importance. With the correct balance of alloy metals, marking or stamping instruments provide the service life that ensures the integrity of your final products and keeps your manufacturing costs down.
A-2 Air Hardening Steels Provide Increased Toughness
Air hardening (A-2) tool steel can be used in the same applications where water and oil hardening steels are used. Some of these include cold chisels, blacksmith tools, cold forming tools, hand punches, scissors, shears, razors, knives, taps, trimming dies, shear blades, knurling tools, drills, woodworking chisels, embossing dies and of course, steel stamps. The difference between this and other tool steel lies in the fact it has deeper hardenability and less tendency to deform during heat treatment. It is used in applications where greater accuracy is necessary.
The toughness of A-2 steel is due to higher levels of carbon and chromium. A typical chemical composition of the type of steel is this:
- Carbon 1.00%
- Silicon 0.30%
- Molybdenum 1.10%
- Manganese 0.80%
- Chromium 5.25%
- Vanadium 0.21%
- Iron – balance
Various steel alloys are combined with iron to produce the quality and toughness of A-2 steel for steel stamps. Raising the carbon content produces slightly harder steel and improves the wear resistance to a higher standard. The chromium adds value in terms of toughness and wear resistance of the steel in addition to further hardenability. The greater amount of manganese develops the hardenability, permits it to be oil quenched and decreased the distortion of the steel during quenching. The silicon is beneficial for the overall toughness and durability and makes it shock resistant. The vanadium refines the carbide structure of the steel and makes it a better metal to forge with improved hardness and resistance to wear.
Illinois Engraving Improves Your Bottom Line
The Illinois Engraving craftsmen take pride in the precise art of engraved tooling. With a dedication to designing with accuracy and using superior quality tool steels we assure the best products to suit your applications. We can suggest production techniques that reduce your overhead and increase your productivity. Please call us today at 1-800-528-2050 to order your custom steel stamps.
Steel Stamps for Sheet Metal Products
One of the strongest and most durable materials that can be cut or shaped with ease is sheet metal. It is used for electrical components due to its good conductivity and resistance to rust and corrosion. In the manufacturing of sheet metal objects and parts, steel stamps are used to imprint the name of the manufacturer as well as other pertinent information.
Products that are intended to be functional while adding aesthetic appeal to an environment depend on the quality afforded by high quality sheet metal. These products often include the companies brand logo as part of the artistic appearance. Custom steel stamps are used to brand a product line.
We see the products of the sheet metal manufacturing industry in consumer products everywhere. It can also be used in aesthetic design in construction. The exterior of New York City’s Chrysler Building is finished with sheets of stainless steel. It is made by forcing a red-hot block of metal between rollers to make it thinner. The sheets are stamped to form specific products.
Steel is the most common metal stamped, although gold and superalloys are stamped for use in the aerospace industry. There are hundreds steel types that used in sheet metal. Precision products require precision markings and that is where Illinois Engraving excels with superior steel stamps.
Other metals that can be made into sheet metal include:
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Brass
- Tin
Silver, gold and platinum are used to make decorative objects and jewelry. Custom steel stamps are made to imprint a design on metal jewelry.
One of the most easily recognized forms of sheet metal is stainless steel and it is manufactured in various grades. Certain grades contain properties conducive to forming for use in products such as kitchen sinks. Other grades are highly resistant to heat and corrosion. Illinois Engraving specializes in steel stamps for marking stainless steel items such as knives and surgical tools that are hardened after they are stamped.
Once your product is ready to roll off the assembly line you need identification that will last the lifetime of the product. Illinois Engraving custom designs steel stamps that create impressions impossible to wear out or become faded. Customers will be able to identify the product for as long as they own it. Please call us today at 1-800-528-2050 to order your custom steel stamps.
Contact Illinois Engraving & Mfg. Co.
Recent Posts
Call 1-800-528-2050 for Steel Stamps by Illinois Engraving!
Steel Stamps Networking
