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TIM STEPHENS • EXPERT STAMPING PROFESSIONAL

FEASIBILITY • FORENSICS • FREELANCE

+1 (936) 777-5670

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SERVICES

TESTED, PROVEN, & READY TO LAUNCH

FEASIBILITY

Industrial Designers need to push through barriers to create innovative products.

I help bring those products to life by using tradecraft to find the forming limit for feasible processes that are production capable.

FORENSICS

Forming failures in the press are caused by a number of interactive variables.

I determine root causes and respond with corrective action to solve metal forming problems and get the dies into reliable service.

FREELANCE

Sometimes you just need a quiet professional to solve problems. Freelance services include:

  • Ghost writing technical articles
  • Training development & delivery
  • Expert witness & business consulting
  • COMMITMENT

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    BUDGET OVERRUNS

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    FAILED LAUNCHES

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    UNPLANNED REWORK

    ABOUT

    TESTED, PROVEN, & READY TO START

    FLAWLESS EXECUTION

    Tim Stephens is a battle-tested bona fide journeyman with 20+ years of success solving the toughest metal stamping problems with 99%+ first hit pass outcomes to protect $100M - $1B product development investments for Fortune 100 companies.

    He has a proven track record of flawless execution in:

    • Automotive Body-in-White
    • Major Household Appliances
    • Computer Hardware
    • Energy Structures
    • Military Vehicles
    • Beverage Containers
    • Medical Devices
    • Consumer Products

    Master-level user of AutoForm, FTI Forming Suite, and Microsoft Office.

    OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE

    Tim is uniquely qualified with cradle-to-grave, hands-on experience with metal fabrication "soft" tooling, progressive dies, stage tools, tri-axis and crossbar transfer presses, and robotic automation in servo, hydraulic, and mechanical presses running from 1 - 1,000 Strokes Per Minute and annual volumes from 50 to 50,000,000 for Class A and Class B cosmetic surface finish quality standards.

    Materials experience with sheet thicknesses ranging from 0.016 to 12 mm in the full range of:

    • Low carbon steel
    • High strength low alloy steel
    • Dual-phase steel
    • Stainless steel
    • Aluminum

    Operational experience in 13 countries with valid US Passport.

    TESTIMONIALS

    • A consistently proven leader, Tim is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced stamping engineers in the automotive space.
      DAN L.
      Automotive
    • Tim is an exceptional professional who is clearly the master of New Product Introduction, Innovation Implementation, and Manufacturing Engineering.
      RAY W.
      Computer Software
    • Tim is the most knowledgeable metal stamping professional I ever worked with. I never saw a problem he couldn't solve.
      KELLY S.
      Computer Hardware
    • We were apprehensive of Tim's stamping process for the most complex forming operation we ever saw. When it ran flawlessly in production, his critics were silent.
      Rocky N.
      Appliances

    CONTACT

    FEASIBILITY • FORENSICS • FREELANCE

    FIRST STEPS

    STEP 1: CONFIDENTIALITY

    If NO conflict of interest with other clients, we first execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement to protect your intellectual property

    STEP 2: SCOPE

    We collaboratively determine project scope, execution risks, pass / fail criteria, budget, and deadline expectations

    STEP 3: ENGAGEMENT

    We greenlight select projects and work as quiet professionals in-house to solve the problem through to completion

    FREE CONSULTATION

    Please allow up to 24 hours for us to respond

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