Cosma International Inc.

Tatsuo Umeda

Erich Genseberger

Richard Tieu

Patrick Hickey

A die assembly for draw stamping sheet metal in a press. The die assembly has an upper die structure and a lower die structure, each constructed and arranged to me mounted on a press for reciprocal movement therebetween. The upper die structure and the lower die structure have complementary stamping surfaces for stamping sheet metal to a desired configuration. A clamping assembly and a stretching assembly grip the sheet metal along opposite sides of the complementary stamping surfaces and drivingly move apart in response to movement of the upper and lower die structures toward one another, thus pre-stretching the sheet metal as the upper and lower die structure are closed to stamp the sheet metal to a desired configuration.

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