Ball Lock Regular Punches - Light Duty, Inch

These light-duty inch ball lock punches are used in injection mold tooling support for precision press-fit and locating operations where repeatability matters. The ball lock tool style provides secure workholding in punch-and-die setups, helping maintain stable alignment during forming.

Common scenarios include:

• Automotive and industrial fastening features: used for light stamping, riveting, or forming sequences where consistent forming force and reliable point geometry support repeatable hole/feature creation.
• Electronic housing assembly fixtures: supports repeatable press-fit work for low-to-moderate wear environments, helping preserve dimensional consistency across production cycles.
• General fabrication tooling: suited to routine production runs thanks to the XCD coating, which is intended to improve wear resistance for precision operations.

This variant is particularly suited because the inch-coded point geometry is designed for predictable forming, and the XCD-coated option supports longer tool life under regular use.

Ball lock regular punches are offered in M2 and PS4 material options. M2 is a high-speed steel commonly selected for balanced wear resistance and toughness in cutting and punching tools. PS4 is provided as an alternative material choice to match different production demands and expected wear/strength requirements.

The XCD coating referenced for this line is intended to further improve surface wear resistance, which helps maintain accuracy during repeated press-fit and forming cycles.

• Coating effect: XCD coating supports longer service life by reducing abrasive wear on the working tip.
• Trade-off: higher wear resistance materials typically need careful selection of toughness requirements to avoid chipping under intermittent load.
• Heat treatment state: exact hardness and heat-treatment process details (e.g., HRC, quench & temper, nitriding) are not specified in the provided data, so hardness values should be confirmed before final design freeze.

For final tool life planning, verify the furnished material grade, heat treatment, and coating condition for the specific punch configuration.

To select the correct punch dimensions, match the required shank diameter D, overall working length, and point geometry to your die/punch interface and the cavity/core space available.

• Shank diameter (D): choose from 25 ~ 100 in based on the tool holder bore and guidance requirements in your punch-and-die setup.
• Length options (L, coded inch): select the point/working length from the provided ranges. Available standard point length & L spans include 200 ~ 500, 200 ~ 600, 200 ~ 700, and 225 ~ 700, depending on the configuration.
• Point length segmentation: B & L and C & L ranges are provided (e.g., 225 ~ 500, 225 ~ 600, 225 ~ 700 and 225 ~ 600, 225 ~ 700), plus an additional D point length B & L option of 250 ~ 700 / 250 ~ 700 in the data.

Use the tip shape code (H, J, K, L, N, O, R, V, X, Y, Z) to ensure the point form matches the feature geometry. Confirm fit by verifying the P dimension (0.04 ~ 0.75) and W dimension (0.04 ~ 0.437) for your press-fit clearance strategy. Tolerance/fit values are not provided in the input data, so specify tolerance after confirming the supplier’s dimensional grade for the chosen material and coating.