Boost Your Stamping Performance with Specialty Coatings

From high-volume applications to stamping challenging materials, Wilson Tool offers a number of specialty coatings designed to increase tool life, provide more hits between sharpening and reduce galling. No matter your application, we have a coating to help you boost your stamping performance.

Optima®
Our revolutionary Optima® coating provides a micro hardness (HV) of 3,500, increasing tool life by as much as 5-7 times.

OptimaX
OptimaX is a two-part coating process that offers all the wear resistance and hardness of Optima, plus provides added lubricity and further reduces galling. It is ideal for forming applications and stamping material such as aluminum.

Wilson CrN
For less demanding applications, like stamping plastics, copper or aluminum alloys and certain galvanized materials, Wilson CrN is ideal.

With longer tool life, more hits between sharpening and less galling, Wilson Tool specialty coatings reduce your downtime and improve your stamping performance. Contact your Wilson Tool sales engineer or visit www.wilsontool.com today to learn more.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Urethane Products from Wilson Tool

Wilson Tool offers a variety of Urethane products for preventing marks, scratches and dents when stamping painted, galvanized or soft metal surfaces.

Urethane offers more than three times the life of natural rubber, has extreme load-bearing capacity and has excellent resilience and memory qualities for returning to its original shape with minimal distortion. It is also unaffected by oil, grease and most chemicals or solvents. It forms any angle, adapts to practically any shape and is easy to install for a wide range of stamping operations.

Urethane Strippers from Wilson Tool assure positive stripping and at the same time dampen punch vibration by gripping around the punch point. The closed-end feature holds thin stock flat during the stripping cycle, eliminating the potential for rejected parts.

For more information, contact your Wilson Tool Sales Engineer today.

THE FACES OF WILSON TOOL
Konnie Helwig, Impax Sales Desk

Years at Wilson Tool:
11 years

What is your favorite aspect of your job?
My favorite part of the job is talking directly to our customers. I know many customers by voice and on a personal level as I have talked to them for years.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I am a bargain hunter. I enjoy going to garage sales, flea markets and auctions to find a great deal.

What is something that people would be surprised to learn about you?
I am a Halloween fanatic. I decorate every room in the house as well as the front and back yards. It takes me about a month to decorate.

If you had to eat only one food item for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Chocolates, every girl's favorite.

Where is the most interesting place you have been? Why?
Las Vegas, Nevada. I am not much of a gambler but enjoy the diversity of the city — from people watching to the variety of cuisines, lights and entertainment.