tooling
gaging
fixtures
In-house tooling and production support built around the part’s real manufacturing needs.
find your tooling need
Start with the tooling, gaging, or fixture category that best matches your part, production stage, or supplier issue.
Progressive Dies
Production tooling for high-volume stamped parts that need repeatability, dimensional control, and long-term production stability.
Prototype Tooling
Early-stage tooling to help validate part design, material behavior, forming risk, and assembly fit before full production tooling.
Transfer / Die Takeover
Review, repair, and restart support for existing dies moving from another supplier, facility, or inactive program.
Inspection Fixtures
Fixtures that make part checks faster, clearer, and more repeatable during first article, in-process, final, or assembly inspection.
Custom Gages
Dedicated gages for critical dimensions, fit checks, functional checks, and simple go/no-go production control.
Assembly Fixtures
Fixtures that help control part loading, alignment, orientation, pressing, insertion, inspection, or downstream assembly work.
Need help with tooling?
when
tooling
support matters
A new stamped part needs a tooling path.
Prototype tooling, bridge tooling, or full progressive tooling may be appropriate depending on part risk, annual volume, timing, and design maturity.
An existing die needs review before production.
Transferred, inactive, damaged, undocumented, or underperforming dies should be checked before restart or qualification.
Inspection is slow or inconsistent.
Custom gages and inspection fixtures can reduce operator variation, shorten check time, and make acceptance criteria easier to apply.
Assembly depends on repeatable part location.
Assembly fixtures can help control part position, orientation, insertion depth, alignment, clamping, and handling.
Quality issues point back to tooling or gaging.
Burr growth, dimensional variation, spring-force changes, flatness issues, and fit problems may require die review, gage review, or fixture review.
Production volume justifies better controls.
Repeat programs often benefit from dedicated tooling, fixtures, gages, spare details, maintenance planning, and clearer inspection methods.
What Gromax Reviews
For an initial review, we focus on the practical details that affect manufacturability, inspection, and production risk:
• Part geometry and critical features
• Material, thickness, temper, and finish
• Tolerances, datums, and functional requirements
• Current tooling condition, if a die already exists
• Inspection or gaging method
• Secondary operations or assembly needs
• Expected volume, timing, and production stage
The goal is simple: understand the part, identify the right support path, and help you avoid tooling or inspection issues later.
Whether you’re planning a new progressive die, validating a prototype, transferring an existing tool, improving inspection, or building a fixture for repeatable assembly, we’re happy to take a look.
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