Before any tool design or manufacturing analysis a component analysis was made to stablish the material quantity required for the process and how the optimal distribution when reducing costs.

• Total length = 43.71 mm

• Total width = 95.42 mm

The positioning of the component was studied for simple and double configuration, that is with one or two press punches. In order to maintain a model that accounts for chain manufacturing, the material must be positioned for all the components to be attached until the last press punch.

Another approach is using cutting taps that don't involve material elimination, this would save 4 mm when separating components and would reduce time and material.

When considering manufacturing processes that imply high volume of components, an economic study is essential. A study for both simple and double configurations was performed analyzing the variables from the designing step adding the machinery, material and operation costs.

The graphs below represent the long term cost for simple and double configuration and also the cutter tap with and without material elimination. The variation for configurations is very low since the process is practically the same, in the case of different cutter tap there is a visible variation in costs.