DIE CUT PARTS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS

Absolutely.  Our technical specialists and process engineers are adept at offering design for manufacturability recommendations that can optimize costs and improve yields. We appreciate the opportunity to provide input early and often.  

We utilize advanced dieless prototyping—including precision laser, waterjet, and CNC knife cutting—to move from CAD to physical fit-check in hours or days, not weeks. By removing the need for traditional hard tooling during the R&D phase, we allow your team to iterate rapidly and lock in designs without the cost or lead-time penalties of steel rule dies. Our manufacturing teams are trained in rigorous quality standards, ensuring that "fast" never comes at the expense of accuracy.

 For high-volume satellite constellations, we often recommend kiss-cut gaskets on rolls with a consistent pitch and an extended "pull-tab" liner.  It is important to discuss your automation needs up front, however, so our technical team can work with you to optimize the part presentation to fit your specific automation process.

Zoned adhesive (sometimes referred to as selective lamination) allows us to leave specific areas of a gasket adhesive-free. This prevents "adhesive ooze" from gumming up robotic end-effectors and ensures the robot can release the part cleanly onto the target substrate without misalignment. 

The short answer is “Yes, both our high-speed rotary and narrow-web platen presses are designed for sub-millimeter accuracy. The longer answer is that when it comes to specific figures, everything is material-dependent. A thin, “firm” material, for example, enables much tighter tolerances than a thicker, squishy foam. Our tech team will review your print and provide specific tolerance expectations on a case-by-case basis to ensure "design-to-actual" alignment before production. 

Yes, we can support island placement to position high-cost materials on low-cost liners. We can approach this in a few different ways, depending on the material and the application. Our transfer method is selected based on what delivers the highest yield, especially important with expensive materials, as well as what ensures efficient processing to produce a high‑quality part. At times, the part geometry drives the method, while in other cases, supplying rolls is more effective for downstream processes, including automated systems. 

We use several different technologies for effective slug management, which vary depending on the material and application. While there are many possible approaches, the three primary categories are mechanical, pneumatic, and material‑assisted methods. Mechanically, we incorporate pusher pins within the die to physically guide and eject slugs from the system. Pneumatically, we use compressed air, vacuum, or a combination of both to remove slugs either by blowing them into a collector or pulling them out of the system. Lastly, we can introduce additional materials, such as a low‑tack liner, to help cut, capture, and strip slugs from the process.

Yes, at JBC Technologies we are proud to offer clean room die cutting and packaging capabilities. Our clean rooms house multiple rotary presses as well as packaging.  

We ensure material certification and lot traceability through controlled identification and ERP-based tracking of all materials, components, subassemblies, and finished products throughout the production process. All items are identified by unique part numbers and tracked using lot or batch numbers that record material movement, processing steps, and status changes. Approved work orders and travelers are required for all operations, with materials clearly labeled, physically segregated by job, and maintained in a defined status (e.g., WIP, inspected, finished goods, or nonconforming). Any unidentified or nonconforming material is immediately placed on hold and quarantined until disposition, ensuring full traceability, certification integrity, and compliance with our ISO Quality Management System.