Eliminate Pulled Slugs.
Save Your Tooling.
The most efficient, easiest-to-manufacture slug retention system for high-speed progressive dies. Designed by a tool maker, for tool makers.
US Patents: 9,364,884 B1(opens in a new tab) & 9,789,529 B2(opens in a new tab)
Increase Production Efficiency
Die Jams & Crashes
Stop risking six-figure progressive dies to loose slugs. Reduce expensive broken tooling costs.
High Cost of Scrapped Parts
Eliminate slug marks and damage that cause customer complaints and expensive order reruns. Our retention keeps the die running clean.
Lost Press Time
Time spent resolving issues caused by loose or pulled slugs is costly and results in unrecoverable lost time and money.
"I've been a tool and die maker for 33 years."
"I spent decades fighting pulled slugs on nearly every die I worked on. I designed the Cooper Slug Retention system to be the solution I wished I had on the shop floor: something effective, easy to engineer into new tools, and retrofittable to existing ones."
- No need to dull cutting edges
- Quieter and cheaper than vacuum systems
- Works in smaller profiles than current methods
- Retains slugs in pierce and round profiles
Flexible Licensing for Stamping Companies
Monthly License
Pay a small monthly fee for permission to manufacture and use the Cooper Slug Retention system in-house.
Ideal for high-volume shops
Royalty Basis
Pay a percentage of the sales price of the product stamped using our retention technology.
Low upfront cost
Outside vendors providing "trim" inserts must be licensed.
Arrange a Free Trial Period
Contact Don Cooper today to see how we can control loose slugs in your process.