Content tagged with "part-design"
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April 13, 2010
DIEVESTIGATION: Draw or stretch? That is the question
The first DIEVESTIGATION article, " Designing stamped parts : How material selection affects downstream operations and costs," discussed factors you should consider when specifying a metal during part design for operational efficiency and cost savings. How you decide to form the part also... Read more...
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February 9, 2010
DIEVESTIGATION: Designing stamped parts
When you design a part, do you consider how the design affects manufacturing costs? All too often stamped parts are designed to have certain features and tolerances with little consideration given to the effect these features have on the manufacturing process and costs. To optimize cost... Read more...
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January 14, 2010
Design for manufacturability
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This part, among many others produced by Bachman Machine Co., came about through significant customer collaboration. Photo courtesy of Bachman Machine Co.
It's the little things that snowball into so much trouble. It could be a bend angle, hole location, or tolerance... Read more...
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May 12, 2009
Making waterjet-cut parts more fatigue-resistant
Figure 1 Click to view image larger Test Specimen Geometry Parts that are highly stressed with cycling loads are subject to failure by metal fatigue. The surface produced by waterjet cutting often has striations that contribute to early failure by fatigue. This article describes the... Read more...
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January 27, 2009
Bending outside the box
Ask 10 press brake operators how they would bend a particular part, and you're likely to get 10 different answers. But all would agree on parts that gave them major headaches, such as ones with different (and sometimes unwarranted) radii requiring tooling changes, or radii that cannot be... Read more...
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August 26, 2008
When does a punch/laser make sense?
Shops that process enough of the right parts can increase uptime and reduce secondary operations with a combination punch/laser machine. Photo courtesy of TRUMPF Inc.
Business growth led Hawkeye Industries President and CEO Bryan Hawkins to seek a machine that could punch and laser-cut... Read more...
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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...
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September 13, 2005
Bend allowance and springback in air bending
Figure 1 In air bending, a sheet is placed in the die, and the press ram descends and bends the sheet into a V shape. Figure 2 Bend allowance (also known as bend deduction) can be used to predict the initial flat length of the sheet. Source: O. Diegel, "Bend Works: The Fine... Read more...
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July 24, 2003
Tier 1 supplier builds four-stage competitive strategy
F & P Manufacturing Inc., a Tier 1 automotive supplier, is no stranger to competitive and financial pressures. Unrelenting competitive pressures come from the many other Tier 1 suppliers looking for opportunities to increase their slice of the automotive pie. Financial pressures come from... Read more...
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