How much does it cost · stamping
Short answer: in stamping, the price of a part depends first on volume, because the die is paid once. A progressive die costs €15,000 to €80,000 or more (source: QuoteBuddy), while a press at 120 strokes per minute makes 7,200 parts an hour. In the published example, the part costs €0.519 at 500,000 parts.
By the RFQdecoder team · updated 27 September 2026
Material is not just the part: on a single-out strip, 25 to 50% of the coil often ends up as skeleton (source: QuoteBuddy). Nesting the parts on the strip is therefore a direct lever on price.
| Die | Published price |
|---|---|
| Simple single-station blanking die (flat washer) | a few thousand euros |
| Multi-station progressive die (blank, pierce, form, cut off) | €15,000 to €80,000 or more |
Source: QuoteBuddy. A progressive die chains every operation on one strip: it is expensive, but each press stroke produces a finished part.
Example published by QuoteBuddy: a press running 120 strokes per minute on a single-out progressive die makes 7,200 parts an hour. At €90 an hour, press time weighs only €0.0125 per part. In high volume, material and tooling make the price, not the machine.
Same €18,000 die, same material, press and secondary costs (€0.483 per part in the published example):
| Quantity | Die per part | Cost per part | Price at 35% margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | €18.00 | €18.483 | €28.44 |
| 10,000 | €1.80 | €2.283 | €3.51 |
| 100,000 | €0.180 | €0.663 | €1.02 |
| 500,000 | €0.0360 | €0.519 | €0.80 |
| 1,000,000 | €0.0180 | €0.501 | €0.77 |
Die per part and the 500,000-part line: QuoteBuddy. The other lines are calculated with the same figures, assuming material, press and secondary operations do not change with quantity.
QuoteBuddy gives a few thousand euros for a simple blanking die and €15,000 to €80,000 or more for a multi-station progressive die that blanks, pierces, forms and cuts off the part on one strip.
Add the material (blank and skeleton), the press time (hourly rate divided by parts per hour), the die divided by the total quantity and the secondary operations, then apply the margin.
In the example published by QuoteBuddy, a press at 120 strokes per minute on a single-out progressive die makes 7,200 parts an hour.
On a single-out strip, QuoteBuddy notes that 25 to 50% of the coil often ends up as skeleton.
When the die divided by the quantity becomes small against the rest of the cost. In the published example, an €18,000 die weighs €18 per part at 1,000 parts and €0.018 at one million.
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