Flatbed Cardboard Die Cutting Services
Custom Cardboard Die Cutting with Customer-Supplied Tooling
If your company already has flatbed die cutting tooling, you need a manufacturing partner that can deliver consistent, repeatable production. Our flatbed cardboard die cutting services are designed for manufacturers that provide their own dies and production specifications, allowing us to produce high-quality cardboard components while maximizing the value of your existing tooling.
Whether you're expanding production capacity, managing overflow work, or looking for a reliable long-term manufacturing partner, we provide flexible die cutting solutions to support your ongoing production needs.
Based in Florence, AL, Tri-State Metals provides cardboard die cutting production support to manufacturers throughout Northwest Alabama, Southern Tennessee, and Northeast Mississippi.
Flatbed Die Cutting Production Services
Flatbed die cutting is a precise and efficient process for producing custom cardboard components with clean cuts and consistent results. Using your supplied tooling and specifications, we manufacture parts that meet your dimensional and quality requirements while supporting efficient production.
Our flatbed die cutting services support:
Every project is reviewed to ensure your tooling, material requirements, and production specifications are properly supported throughout the manufacturing process.
Cardboard Components We Can Produce
Using your supplied tooling, we can manufacture a wide variety of custom cardboard products, including:
If your application requires a custom die-cut cardboard part, our team can help provide dependable production support.
The 105" Roller Press Flatbed Die Cutter is a sheet-fed roller press great for short-run orders and handles a wide variety of products. The bonded urethane-cutting roll allows you to cut any type of rule and an almost endless range of products. Designed to use a die to create specific, functional lines in packaging material (paperboard, corrugated, etc.)
- Cutting Rule: A sharp edge that cuts completely through the material to create the shape or outline of the box.
- Creasing/Scoring Rule: A dull or rounded edge that presses into the material to create a clean, foldable crease line without cutting.
- Perforating Rule: A "dotted" edge that creates a series of small, intermittent cuts, allowing for easy tearing (used for tear strips).
- Specialty Rules: Specifi c rules for unique tasks, such as "crease-cutting" for folding without damaging the cardboard liner, or wavy rules.
- Score and Cut Simultaneously: A single stroke can score the lines for folding while cutting the outside shape.
- Prepare for Production: The rules ensure the carton is ready to be folded, glued, and used, accommodating both folding cartons and corrugated packaging.
- Handle Different Materials: Different rules are tailored for various substrates, such as using specialized hardened rules for thick corrugated boards.
Supporting Manufacturers Across Industries
Our flatbed die cutting services support manufacturers and businesses across a variety of industries, including:
Whether your cardboard components are used for packaging, product protection, material handling, or manufacturing processes, we can provide reliable production using your existing tooling.
Maximize Your Existing Tooling Investment
Your die tooling is an important production asset. By utilizing your existing dies, we help you increase manufacturing capacity without the cost and lead time of creating new tooling.
Our services can help you:
- Increase production capacity
- Support overflow manufacturing
- Fulfill repeat orders
- Reduce production lead times
- Maximize the value of existing tooling
- Maintain consistent product quality
Our goal is to become a dependable extension of your manufacturing operation by delivering reliable production and responsive customer service.
Quality-Focused Manufacturing
Consistent die-cut components require more than quality tooling—they require careful attention throughout the production process. We focus on delivering cardboard parts that meet your specifications while maintaining efficient production and dependable delivery schedules.
From the initial production review to completed orders, we are committed to producing quality components that support your manufacturing and packaging operations.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Yes — our flatbed cardboard die cutting services are designed for manufacturers who already have die tooling and production specifications. We use your supplied dies to produce consistent, repeatable results.
We use a 105" Roller Press Flatbed Die Cutter, a sheet-fed roller press well suited for short-run orders and a wide variety of cardboard products, with a bonded urethane cutting roll that can cut virtually any rule type.
Using your supplied tooling, we produce packaging inserts, dividers, layer pads, protective packaging components, templates, slip sheets, carton partitions, custom cardboard shapes, protective pads, and other specialty packaging components.
We support industrial manufacturing, consumer products, electronics, furniture, medical device packaging, distribution and fulfillment, commercial products, and OEM manufacturing.
Yes — our flatbed die cutting services support both short- and long-run production, as well as repeat and overflow manufacturing.
Request a Quote for Flatbed Cardboard Die Cutting Services
If you're looking for a manufacturer that provides flatbed cardboard die cutting using customer-supplied tooling, we're ready to help.
Contact our team today to discuss your project requirements, production volumes, and material specifications. We'll work with you to provide a reliable die cutting solution that supports your repeat production, overflow work, and ongoing manufacturing needs.