Special Applications Overview


The use of forming applications provide fabricators with several competitive advantages allowing fabricators to:

  • Expand operations
  • Increase efficiency
  • Eliminate of secondary operations
  • Increase machine up time
  • Reduce tool wear

Mate Special Assemblies are designed with high performance features for extended service life in the most extreme operating conditions. Most assemblies include fully interchangeable components to minimize machine downtime and maximize productivity.

Mate knows speed is important to our customers, so we make it easy with a large inventory of Thick Turret and Trumpf-style Special Assemblies in-stock and ready for immediate delivery. Our lightning fast quotation response rate – 99% same day – ensures that you receive your information quickly. Mate’s delivery times are fast and only getting faster.

If you have a particular sheet metal forming challenge, let Mate’s expert consultancy solve it for you. Our team of Applications Specialists has over 170 combined years of sheet metal experience to solve your application problems. View our innovative Special Applications Customer Gallery to see how we’ve helped others.

We’ve also developed our Technical Solutions Guide that’s filled with fabricating tips, techniques and special applications ideas.  To request your copy of Mate’s Technical Solutions Guide, email us at: marketing@mate.com.

To send us the Special Assembly specifications to fit your needs, you can:

Mate understands that customers want forming tools that work right out of the box. Mate guarantees all Special Assemblies are fully tested before leaving our facility to ensure your uptime.