Custom Belt Buckles

Belt buckles are majorly made of the following four metals:

Stainless Steel: Solid base metal used to make belt buckles.

Titanium: The strongest yet ultra-light metal to make belt buckle, but offers less possibility for creative ideas.

Brass/Copper: This metal is the best choice when detailed 3D engraving is required.

Zinc: This alloy can be used when your custom belt buckles require small details and cuts. Which is a soft, less solid, but economical choice.

Casting Belt Buckles:

Many buckles can be made by filling a mold with molten material. The casting brings unique details and textures, making it an excellent choice for images that require a sculpted look. Cast belt buckles are lighter and more productive, so pricing is more cost-effective.

Other processing:

Glazed, epoxy, CNC engraved, and diamond cut edges are allowed on all metals.

Custom belt buckles are made of stainless steel, titanium, brass, and zinc metal. Most belt buckles are made for companies looking to commercialize an activity, brand marketing, or work belts for the military and law enforcement. Which metal is most commonly used? Stainless steel and brass buckles are the most common of all manufactured belt buckles because they are heavier, solid, and durable. Brass is a slightly softer metal that allows for better logo detailing. Copper belt buckles are the best choice for design details that demand the highest quality and three-dimensional shape.

The process of making a belt buckle:

The most common way of making a custom belt buckle begins with your design and our customer service. Our artists will choose the ideal choices for your project, including size, shape, color, engraving, etc. From that point, we’ll confirm for you to audit and endorse before accepting your request. A time to design an artwork typically requires one day. Beginning today, we will offer a point-by-point quotation and give proof of quality examples in only one day. Our completion times shift from 15 to 20 work days after advanced digital proofing is approved.

Custom Belt Buckle Options and Techniques

To manufacture any metal accessories, the first thing to do is get a prototype (blanks). And there are several standards and proven processes to obtain the prototypes.

Metal casting is the most mature, classic, and commonly used technology for manufacturing metal accessories. Belt buckles it is not an exception. Metal casting is the process of melting metal into a liquid that meets specific requirements and pouring this liquid into the casting mold, after cooling and solidification, cleaning treatment to get a predetermined shape, size and expected performance of prototypes. Such a casting mold is what we usually call a mold. Casting blanks are nearly shaped to achieve the purpose of free machining or a small amount of additional machining to reduce the cost and, to some extent, reduce the time.

For some more complex form structures and relatively beautifully designed belt buckles, we can also take the die-casting process to manufacture. Die-casting is the process of molten metal being put in a high-pressure and high-speed casting mold. Then, the crystallization occurs under a high-pressure solidification process to form the prototypes. So in terms of precision, die-casting is more secure than casting.

On the contrary, if there is not much in the precision requirements of the simple belt buckle design, we can take the stamping process to gain the prototypes. The stamping process uses the die and stamping equipment to apply pressure to the plate material so that the plate material gets in deformation or separation to obtain a specific shape and size for the prototypes. Stamping is a processing method with high productivity and low material consumption. This is why the stamping process is used to obtain more cost-effective prototypes.

In addition to these three standard processes for obtaining prototypes, we can also use CNC machining. Usually, the prototypes obtained by CNC are already very close to the finished product. Because of the micron-level precision of CNC machining, this process will take more time and labor, making it more costly to obtain prototypes.

After the above process obtains the prototypes, we must rough polish them and then fine polish them. The polishing process includes typical brushing and mirror polishing.

After polishing, you can add subsequent processing like enamel, oiling, laser, etching, PVD plating, etc., to make your belt buckle shine and be unique.

Typical belt buckle sizes:

The favorite belt buckle size for most companies is 1.75 inches for men’s belt buckles, 1.2″ or 1.5″ for women’s belt buckles, and can be made into any custom shape and other sizes, either using a standard die press or casting, or CNC cut and polished for a mirror finish or brushed finish. Below are the three most commonly used belt buckle sizes.

1.2″

1.5″

1.75″

Add enamel color

Glazing is the perfect way to enhance your art while maintaining the logo. We offer soft and hard enamel and cloisonne for different types of designs.

Soft Enamel: Fills the recessed areas of the design while keeping the metal edges raised. We have a wide variety of colors and textures, so you can only be limited by your imagination.

Hard Enamel: One of the highest quality options, with a smooth touch and a durable finish.

Plated belt buckle

Plating and epoxy give your coins different finishes and colors. The scale you choose can change the look and feel of your design. Epoxy protects and preserves your product. It can be applied in different thicknesses, from a thin protective layer to a thick dome layer. Includes epoxy finish to help prevent scratching, fading, and tarnishing. We have a few different options:

Antique Plating: Our antique finishes are available in our most popular plating colors, including Antique Copper, Bronze, and Silver.

Bright plating is a luminous coating on the base metal and can be done in gold, copper, silver, and black.

Double Plating: By adding a second metal surface, double-plating designs are often ordered when insignia, three-dimensional, and recessed areas are required. This option works on any of our products, and although adding additional plating adds a few days to the order, the results are extraordinary.

Both PVD plating and electroplating are available in the BaiQue factory.

Custom Shaped Belt Buckles

Unique shapes follow your design. We can make it no matter its shape, even if it contains a cropped area. Typically, buckles are cast in stainless steel, brass, or zinc, which can be minted if the design is primarily three-dimensional. We can adjust the thickness from side to side and make the profile follow the arch. Use speckled epoxy on individual colors to create a unique image, leaving other areas free of epoxy. If you want to create a product that is both convenient and unique, we can help you design a specially shaped buckle and plated in any colors you expect. Talk to one of our talented and experienced artists to start creating your designs.

Adding texture is a great way to create dimension and contrast. We offer unlimited texture options for various backgrounds, which can be added as part of the mold.

Textures include sandblasting, checkerboard patterns, and more. Work with one of our talented designers to choose the style that best suits your work.

The price of a custom belt buckle depends on the type of metal you choose. Adding elements such as soft or hard enamel also affects the project’s pricing. Basic designs cost between $5 and $6 and die fees are priced by size based on the details they will be made into. Pricing includes other options like plating, epoxy, lasering, etching, and functional parts.

The BaiQue Company has been manufacturing and casting belt buckles for over ten years. We create belt buckles for companies that want to do business with high quality, low cost, and a high level of service. Our production factory is located in Guangdong, China, and you can choose any company that provides belt buckle production services and compares our products to get the highest quality. Requesting a quality sample is usually the first step so you can see first-hand what kind of craftsmanship our product is going through; this will also allow us to determine how best to meet your needs!

Stitched Buckles
Use: Standard Belts (Single Side)
A stitched buckle is a metal fastener that comprises two sections, molded like a crescent with an opening in the center. The smaller piece goes through the door in the more significant part, and when it is pulled tight, they lock together to form a secure closure. Stitching is commonly used to keep the two pieces together, and the hem can be beautifying, or it very well might be to reinforce the association of the belt’s finish to the next calfskin piece. Yet, once in a while, paste or rivets are used instead.

Clip-on Clamp Buckles
Use: Reversible Belts (Double Face)
And Standard Belts Buckle structure comprises two sections, which are generally associated with pins or screws and can be opened involving a lever for simple evacuation. Since they clamp the belt together for securing reasons, keeping it from slipping or releasing. The clips are utilized to keep the ends of the belt together. They use teeth that snap onto the bar end, which can be pivoted in a double-sided belt. Clamp structures can be used on both men’s and women’s belts. However, the vast majority use clamp buckles on lean.

Screw-in Buckles
Use: Reversible Belts (Double Face)
And Standard Belts are Screw-in Buckles, a clasp with one or more screws used to secure to a bar on the main frame of the buckle. The screw portion of the belt buckle can be tightened and loosened by turning a screwdriver, which in turn tightens or loosens the belt. One of the reasons people choose this buckle over the other is that it is easier to adjust than different hooks.

Screw-hold Buckles
Use: Standard Belts
Screw-hold buckles with a belt include an open end that is cut-size and afterward secured to the clip by at least one screw. Otherwise called, screw closure buckles or Chicago screws hold belt buckles, allowing consumers to exchange the belts uninhibitedly. They have a screw you put in from the back, holding the two ends together. The first use for these buckles was for horse saddles, but now they are mainly used for belts.

Press-stud Buckles
Use: Standard Belts
Press studs are a phenomenal answer for those who need to fit a belt yet don’t want to sew anything. A press-stud buckle is essentially equivalent to a sewn clasp with the particular case that it’s appended to the belt bar/pole with at least one button. The most fantastic aspect of these clasps is they’re primary and fast to install!

Anchor (Snap-on) Buckles
Use: Reversible Belts (Double Face)
Anchor buckles structure, in any case, n called snap on the buckle, is connected by installing the strap onto the buckle back loop and securing the pin in the buckle opening. This type is the most cost-saving and straightforward one as it leaves out the assembling work in the production line. However, it wholly hands over the TO job to consumers with only several seconds to manage.