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Tool and Die Design

PTB 31304
Raja Aziz Raja Ma’arof
Institute of Product Design and Manufacturing
UniKL IPROM
July 2007-2008
Sheetmetal Die Making flow
Sheet metal product
Ordered volume
Volume per batch

Forming machine

Forming machine
selection

Sheet metal die


design…
Sheetmetal Die
Blank design Design…
Strip layout design

Die design

Machining

Assembly

Trial and trouble


shooting

Die commissioning
Sheet metal product design
 Dimensioning tolerances
 Positioning tolerances
 Burr direction
 Tensile strength (Rm)
 Thickness
 Surface pressure
 Material content
Blank sheet design
 Cutting clearance
 Normally 2 to 5% per side
 Less than 1% per side: to use fine blanking
technology
 Bending factor / processes
 Drawing factor / processes
Strip layout design
 Production volume (yearly, monthly)
 Type
 Single
 Compound
 Transfer
 Progressive (normally Prduction Vol >50k)
 Burr direction
Strip layout design (2)
 Strip flow
 Scrap flow
 Product flow
 Force calculation
 Cutting
 Stripping
 Spring
 Bending
 Drawing
 Force centre point
Cutting force (Fcut)
 Tensile strength (δ) [N/mm2]
 Shear Stress (ζ) = 0.7 – 0.9 δ
 Fcut = ζ [N/mm2] x Acut [mm2]
 Fcut = ζ [N/mm2] x Lcut [mm] x tcut [mm]
 Where:
 Acut = Cutting cross sectional area
 Lcut = Cutting length
 tcut = Material thickness
Strip layout design (3)
 Pitch puncher
 No auto-feeder machine
 ‘U’ profile; material overcut to
avoid obstruction of strip flow
 Based on material thickness
 Pitch stopper
 Fixed on guide fence or die
plate (more precise)
 Web / bridge design
 Web / bridge
 Based on material thickness
 Pitch and width
 Optimise material utilization,
ηMatlUtil (flat blank area / pitch
area)
Strip layout design (4)
 Bullet Casing, Mini Stapler
 One-side carrier
 Consider also:
 Burr direction
 Strip flow (on die or with spring-activated guide lifter)
 Strip over hang condition
Strip layout design (5)
 Hinge, Door Bracket
 Centre carrier
Strip layout design (6)
 Cap
 Two-side carrier
Strip layout design (7)
 Opening and closed conditions
 Punches and dies
 Displacement (closed to open positions)
 Punch and blank processes
 From top preferred
 Scrap downwards
 Strip level position during forward direction
 On die plate preferred. No over hang. No guide lifter.
Bend down on product parallel to flow (slot on die
plate)
 At a distance above die plate. Bend on product
perpendicular to flow. Drawing process
Strip layout design (7)
 Force calculation
 Cutting (pierce, blank, etc.), bending, drawing
 Spring
 Stripping
 Drawing
 Return (bending, levelling)
 Strip carrier
 Stamping machine selection

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