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STAMPING

Making Parts That Form the Basis
of the Car Body
from Large Steel Plates

Preparing
Carrying and
Stretching
Punching
Stamping
Arranging

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More than a Dozen Steel Plate Types
are Used per Car

Cars use different steel plates for different parts.

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Why are 20 different types of steel plates needed?

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Both Hard and

Soft Steel Plates

are Required

Properties required for steel plates vary based on location. For example, to protect occupants during a collision, hard materials are used in the cabin, while easily deformable materials are used in other areas to absorb impact.

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Both Hard and

Soft Steel Plates

are Required

Properties required for steel plates vary based on location. For example, to protect occupants during a collision, hard materials are used in the cabin, while easily deformable materials are used in other areas to absorb impact.

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One Roll is Enough to Make
About 300 Cars

Once straightened, the longest roll is about2.5 kilometers long.

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Utilizing All Parts
Without Waste

Steel plates are cut and punched into part shapes at the same time.
Excess parts are used for other parts or reused by steel companies.

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All left over pieces are fully utilized

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Fully Utilizing

Left Over Pieces

Openings are created where the doors will be attached.
The material removed to create space for the doors is reused as parts inside the trunk.

Fully Utilizing Left Over Pieces

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Fully Utilizing

Left Over Pieces

Openings are created where the doors will be attached.The material removed to create space for the doors is reused as parts inside the trunk.

Fully Utilizing Left Over Pieces

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Creating Elaborate Shapes Through a Four Step Stamping Process

Each step takes just 3 seconds, applying 1,600 tons of pressure vertically.

Creating Elaborate Shapes Through A Four Step Stamping Process

1st Step

Steel plates are pressed into a die to form a three-dimensional shape.

Creating Elaborate Shapes Through A Four Step Stamping Process

2nd Step

Excess plates are cut off.

Creating Elaborate Shapes Through A Four Step Stamping Process

3rd Step

Plates are bent and drilled.

Creating Elaborate Shapes Through A Four Step Stamping Process

4th Step

Then remaining parts are bent and drilled to complete the pressed product.

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What helps create a beautiful shape?

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What helps create a beautiful shape?

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Precision Molding to

1/1000 mm Threshold

It is through the stamping machine die that beautiful car designs can be brought to life.

Precision Molding to 1/1000 mm Threshold

Commitment to Craftsmanship　　High-Precision Die Making

Feeling the Slightest Difference
Through Fingertips

Adjusting dies to achieve beautiful body lines requires delicate manual work in 1/1000-millimeter increments. What kind of craftsmanship cannot be imitated by machines?

Commitment to Craftsmanship　The Beautiful Form of the Lexus IS

New Methods
and Passion
Make the Impossible Possible

Our goal is to realize the body lines of the Lexus IS exactly as the designer intended. With that passion, a new stamping method was born.

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Commitment to Craftsmanship
High-Precision Die Making

Feeling the slightest difference
through fingertips

Adjusting dies to achieve beautiful body lines requires delicate manual work in 1/1000-millimeter increments. What kind of craftsmanship cannot be imitated by machines?

Commitment to Craftsmanship　
The Beautiful Form of the Lexus IS

New Methods and Passion
Make the Impossible Possible

Our goal is to realize the body lines of the LEXUS IS exactly as the designer intended.

1/1000ミリの高精度金型へのこだわり

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Precision Molding to

1/1000mm Threshold

It is through the stamping machine mold that beautiful car designs can be brought to life.

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Mixed Model Production
Starts Here

Toyota can manufacture various types of vehicles on one production line. This is called "Mixed Model Production." The pressed parts are rearranged in the order in which they are used and picked up for the next process.

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