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To conceive of something new need the right tool:
imagination

Anyone who wants to do something better has two options: to optimise an existing process, or to totally rethink the whole process. Fritz Stepper chose the latter path - and this stance instigated a series of technological innovations which have kept the company a step ahead ever since: a step which is vital for maximum precision and productivity during every phase of the machining process.

First came the idea

of the modular construction of progressive press tools. The idea became a reality in 1975 with the introduction of the Stepper Module System, which with its emphasis on the greatest possible user-friendliness is today regarded as a turning point in the development of a modern tool manufacture. It is a universal basic tool which becomes an individual tool for complete families of parts via the addition of various modular inserts. It makes for simple handling, minimal maintenance work and high rpm even for the most demanding operations.

Continuos digital workflow.

Fully automatic order planning and data transfer throughout the development, design, production, assembly and production testing process: that was the goal that Stepper envisaged as early as the mid 1970s through the introduction of CAD to tool manufacture.

To conceive of something new need the right tool:
imagination

However, precision alone does not make a good tool. Equally important is surface handling, which is optimally geared to the production process. That is why Stepper plays a part here too, engaging in intensive research work in our own hard materials coating plant to turn both inhouse and externally produced tools into highly productive up-to-date implements. Artificial ageing, vacuum hardening and other innovative technologies such as the Stepper Special Diamond Coating lead to service lives up to 20x longer than those of conventional tools.

Also impressive at every stage

are the innovative combinations of punching and welding for the economical production of up to 1,400 multipart, complex precision contacts per minute - and all in a single working process. This is made possible by the patented Stepper high-performance laser system for joining contact parts outside the tool.

Stepper. The new dimension in stamping technology.