Patent ID: 8910547

Claim:
A steel rule die making system to manufacture a steel rule die having an operative surface that forms creases and cuts patterns in a sheet material, the system comprising: a die manufacturing station including an indexing bench adapted to securely hold a substrate; at least one slug driver device disposed adjacent the die manufacturing station, the slug driver device being adapted to drive a penetrating point of a slug into the substrate, whereby an upper surface of a head of the slug defines a segment of the operative surface of the steel rule die; a control system in communication with the slug driver device; a positioning system connected to at least one of the indexing bench or the slug driver device, and in communication with the control system, the positioning system positioning in an X, a Y and a Z direction at least one of: the indexing bench relative to a driver head of the slug driver device; or the driver head of the slug driver device relative to the indexing bench; whereby the upper surface of the head of each slug driven by the slug driver device is positioned in the operative surface of the steel rule die; and a material transport system in communication with the control system, the material transport system being adapted to convey substrate from a substrate supply depot to the die manufacturing station.