Content tagged with "die-sets"
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Article
April 15, 2008
Where sensors make sense
Sensor-driven errorproofing can help stamping shops prevent the production of bad parts, die crashes, and downtime. Metal formers today find that increasingly customers are no longer satisfied with just a low percentage of defective parts, measured in parts per thousand. Today customers... Read more...
Article
August 8, 2006
Die basics 101 starts with eight basic components
Editor's Note: This article is edited from Part IV and Part V of an article series on thefabricator.com covering stamping die fundamentals and focusing on the components used in manufacturing stamping dies. A stamping die is a special, one-of-a-kind precision tool that cuts and forms... Read more...
Article
November 8, 2005
Die maintenance. Die repair.
Figure 1 When you grind tool steel sections such as D2, M4, and powdered metals, you actually are grinding small carbide pools. Photos courtesy of Bohler Uddeholm. If you find your daily activities include tasks such as fixing broken pads, welding a damaged die section after a... Read more...
Article
October 11, 2005
Die basics 101: Part IV
While many specialty components can be used in manufacturing dies, most dies contain certain common components. Die Plates, Shoes, and Die Sets Figure 1 Various die set types Die plates, shoes, and die sets are steel or aluminum plates that correspond to the size of the die. They... Read more...
Article
November 29, 2001
Preventative maintenance as a way of life
Object When I was invited to serve as a preventive maintenance (PM) coordinator at a Chrysler plant in 1992, a story was circulating that was relevant to not only what we learned at Chrysler, but to any stamping line. According to the story, a line supervisor-technician on a Toyota stamping... Read more...
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