Die Cutting Services

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In business for over 30 years, Sipe Steel Rule Die, Inc., provides close tolerance, reasonably priced die cutting services for a long list of printing and industrial manufacturing applications. Our large facility houses modern, high speed platen, traveling head, and flat bed die cutting equipment capable of producing parts measuring up to 69.5" long, 46" wide, and .375" thick, with accuracy of ±.004" or 1%. We can die cut, kiss cut, crease, score, and perforate a wide variety of non-metallic materials, including paper, fiberboard, plastic, chip board, and sheet rubber, as well as digital, silk screened, and offset printed sheets.

Our experience, technical expertise, attention to detail, and responsive customer service keep customers returning to Sipe. We provide you with the right solution for your application, and offer a wide variety of additional services inducing die making, foil stamping, embossing, laminating, fold and glue, as well as assembly and fulfillment. We are equipped to handle short, prototype runs as well as large scale production volumes of up to one million units with lead times of less than 48 hours. For those times when critical deadlines must be met, we also offer same day turnarounds.

To learn more about our extensive capabilities, read below, or contact us today.

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Die Cutting Capabilities

Cutting Method

Steel Rule Die (Using Platen Press)
CNC Stamping (With High Dies)

Flat Bed Cutting Plotter (Using Machine Tools)
Router (Using Machine Tools)

Cut Types

Die Cuts
Kiss Cuts
Creases

Cut Score
Perforation

Equipment Features: In-Line Stripping
Optical Sensor for Digital Cutting

Materials

Paper Stock
Paper Board
Magnetic Material (up to .030)
Sintra PVC Foamboard
Digital, Silkscreen and Offset Printed Sheets
Self-Adhesive Material
Corrugated Fiberboard

Industrial Sheet Rubber
Plastic (up to .063)
Chipboard (up to .125)
Felt (up to .375)
Neoprene
Corrugated Plastic
Foam Core

Die Cut Products: Gaskets
Chipboard

Thickness: Up to .375 in.

Length: Up to 69.5 in.

Width: Up to 46.0 in.

Accuracy: .004 in.
1%

Tolerance (+/-): 1/64 in.
.015 in.

Additional Services

Die Making-Steel Rule Dies
Fold & Glue
Foil Stamping & Embossing
Laminating
Design Engineering

Pad Printing
Eyeleting
Assembly
Fulfillment

Production Volume: Prototype to Large Scale Production Volume (1,000,000)

Lead Times: Less than 48 hours, same day capable

Additional Information

Industry Focus

Commercial Printers
Furniture
Industrial/Manufacturing Applications

Silkscreen Printers
Medical Device Manufacturers

Intended Applications

Color Swatch Cards
POP Displays
Hang Tags

Pocket Folders
Chipboard Products

Industry Standards: Forestry Certification
International Association of Die Cutters and Die Makers (IADD)

File Formats & Preparation

Files must be 100% scaled vector art with all text converted to centerline art:
Impact
Final Cut
Adobe Illustrator (AI)
Acrobat .PDF

Illustrator .eps
Other Formats (correct scale is critical):
.dde
.dxf
.dwg