At Bead Electronics, we understand how important sustainability is to manufacturers and consumers alike. Our scrapless swaging process has been minimizing waste while maximizing precision and efficiency since 1914.

Bead's Global Reach with Sustainable Solutions

Our advanced engineering and sustainable manufacturing capabilities enable us to design, develop, and deliver custom contact pins and other mechanical interfaces that minimize environmental impact while maintaining cost-efficiency and high performance to clients all over the world. 

One of our specialties at Bead Electronics is our Hollow Pins. Hollow Pins components require less raw material. This aligns with many companies’ sustainability objectives, enabling and/or expanding their greener supply chain practices. In addition, Hollow Pins are lightweight, weighing less than solid pins. A swaged Hollow Pin can weigh up to 50% less than its solid equivalent, a great advantage in applications where every ounce matters. 

Additional Benefits

In addition to being sustainable, Bead’s solid and hollow pins are also: 

• Cost Efficient - Our fully automated swaging process generates less waste and requires less labor, so we keep your costs low while keeping quality high. 
• Improved Mechanical Performance - Swaged pins often have enhanced strength due to cold-working processes, which means better performance for your application. Plus, swaging is highly precise, ideal for creating unique shapes and pin geometries. 

About Bead's Sustainable Swaging Process

During swaging, a continuous metal strip is pulled through a precision-engineered draw die to form a seamed tube. Tube diameters are then reduced in progressive forming cavities and then separated from the tube. Because we are moving metal instead of machining it away, we eliminate scrap entirely - a significant advantage for eco-conscious manufacturing. Our fully-automated swaging process enables high volume, precision production while minimizing waste and human error. 

Interested in learning more about our custom pin solutions? Contact us today!