Expert Contract Metal Stamping Services and Fabrication — Bulk Production

Mansfield provides progressive die stamping, single-stage stamping, sheet metal fabrication, spring manufacturing, sub-assembly, full-component assembly, inspection, packaging, and distribution. These capabilities support custom OEM components such as hinges, counterbalances, closure mechanisms, and motion-control assemblies. Programs are engineered around each customer’s specifications, production volumes, materials, tolerances, and target unit economics.

Mansfield supports programs ranging from approximately 5,000 components to more than 5,000,000 components per program. The company ships over 250,000 motion control components every week and uses both progressive die stamping and flexible lower-volume tooling approaches. This allows OEMs to source specialty programs and high-volume production through the same manufacturing partner. For bulk buyers, unit pricing improves at each volume tier, and a blanket order can be released against your build schedule so you lock bulk pricing without taking all the stock at once. Minimum order quantities are set per part number by tooling and material rather than by a fixed catalog floor, and exact price breaks and lead times are confirmed at quote.

Material capabilities include cold-rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminum, spring steel, and specialty alloys for demanding environments. Stainless steel is often used for medical casegoods or food-contact appliance applications, while aluminum can support weight-sensitive automotive programs. Material selection is guided by performance requirements, environmental exposure, corrosion resistance, strength, and cost targets.

Yes. Mansfield offers in-house engineering, prototyping, and validation before production tooling is released. The team can build and test prototypes for motion arc, torque profile, cycle life, tactile feel, hold-at-angle performance, and environmental exposure. This helps OEM design teams identify issues early, iterate efficiently, and move into tooling with greater confidence.

Tooling support is part of Mansfield’s design-through-manufacturing model. Depending on the program, Mansfield can develop tooling, qualify pre-production tools, support tooling transfer from another supplier, and validate production output through inspection and first-article processes. Tooling costs are typically quoted based on component complexity, tolerances, materials, expected production volume, and program requirements.

Pricing is custom quoted per program because each OEM component has different materials, tolerances, tooling needs, production volumes, assembly requirements, and validation expectations. Mansfield applies value engineering to help customers meet target unit costs while maintaining performance requirements. Tooling, prototyping, engineering support, production, and inventory planning can all be included in the program quote.

Yes. Mansfield supports production transition, tooling transfer, supplier resourcing, and reshoring scenarios. The process can include assembly line relocation, tooling qualification, first-article inspection, production validation, and design improvement where appropriate. This is useful when an existing supplier exits a program, discontinues a part, becomes unreliable, or when an OEM wants a domestic source.

Mansfield serves residential and commercial appliance OEMs, automotive aftermarket manufacturers, medical casegoods companies, general industrial OEMs, transportation programs, and specialty equipment manufacturers. Components often include hinges, access mechanisms, counterbalances, closure hardware, lift assists, lid stays, and custom motion-control assemblies that require both engineered performance and repeatable production quality.