Deep Drawn Stampings

Trans-Matic is the world's leading provider of deep drawn low carbon steel stampings. Trans-Matic has over four decades of deep drawing experience manufacturing many grades of low carbon steel.

Like all metals, low carbon steel stampings have their own particular characteristics, benefits, and deep drawing challenges. Low carbon is the basic metal of choice for most deep drawn stampings and can be used to manufacture a vast variety of different parts at a low cost per part. Trans-Matic manufactures millions of low carbon steel parts every year and has the experience to produce the most complex to the most basic parts efficiently and cost effectively.

Contact Us today to learn how we can help with your deep drawn low carbon steel part.

Trans-Matic regularly forms the following grades of low carbon steel for use in deep drawn metal stampings:

If your application calls for a specific grade of low carbon steel not listed here, please contact us with the specifications for your parts. With our decades of low carbon steel stamping experience, we have worked with just about every grade of metal that can be deep drawn and we can probably meet the needs of your project.

Low Carbon Steel Stampings Characteristics

Low carbon steel is the most common metal used for deep draw forming, chosen primarily for the value: low carbon steel provides excellent cost to performance attributes.

Low carbon steel deep drawn stampings are commonly used in hundreds of different applications including structural components where especially high strength requirements can be achieved with higher carbon grades, in applications with low exposure to the elements, where wear resistance is a necessary trait and in many automotive stamping applications.

Low carbon steel stampings have the following desirable characteristics:

• Low carbon steel offers excellent formability, depending on the specific grade of low carbon steel used.
• Low carbon steel offers a good strength to weight ratio.
• Low carbon steel gives an excellent value, with a lower cost than stainless steel or other costly deep drawing metals.
• Low carbon steel work hardens, thus providing better structural characteristics after forming, if deep drawn correctly.
• Low carbon steel does not have the corrosion resistance properties of metals such as stainless steel without secondary processes – specifically plating.

Low Carbon Steel Forming Benefits and Challenges

As well as the excellent characteristics of low carbon steel stampings, there are additional benefits as well as challenges when working with low carbon steel that your deep drawing provider needs to be experienced in:

• Low carbon steel is readily available and at an excellent cost to performance value.
• Low carbon steel has a lower tonnage required to form (relative to grade).
• Low carbon steel offers good dimensional stability.
• Low carbon steel is particularly good for welding, an important trait for certain applications depending on how the deep drawn component will be implemented.
• Low carbon steel can be coated (such as exectro-galvanized) during the steel manufacturing process (before forming) and can eliminate the need for secondary coating (plating).
• Low carbon steel components have a limited shelf life after forming due to their lack of corrosion resistance.
• Low carbon steel is not necessarily very attractive looking after forming without the benefit of secondary processing. For parts that will be seen and whose appearance is an important factors, alternative metals are often preferred for aesthetic appeal.

The characteristics, benefits and challenges listed above should be considered from the perspective of a stamping company. To assure you match the right grade for your application please consult a metallurgist or conduct your own research before choosing a grade of steel.