Cowles Stamping Relies on Phygen FortiPhy SM UltraEndurance SM Coating to Eliminate Premature Punch Failure and Increase Production Runs Phygen, Inc. / Toll Free 888.749.4361 / phygen.com / email: tech@phygen.com Metal Forming Success Story Cowles Stamping, Inc. of New Haven, CT, a Tier Two automotive supplier and subsidiary of C. Cowles & Company, experienced punch breakage on a progressive-die job after only a couple thousand hits as the punches caught in mate- rial. Severe gall- ing on the sides of the punches also caused pre- mature failure as the punch ends would rip off after welding to the press. After trying other stamping tool coatings with little or no success, Cowles turned to Phygen Coatings’ FortiPhy SM UltraEndur- ance SM coatings for up to seven

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