Retaining its unique and much praised organization, this leading text has been revised to reflect the most recent developments in design tools. It provides balanced coverage of relevant fundamentals and real-world practices so that students, apprentices and on-the-job professionals can understand the important and often complex interrelationships between die design and the economic factors involved in manufacturing sheet-metal forming products. Following introductory material and a discussion of 20 types of dies in Chapter 2, the design process of a representative die is separated into...
Retaining its unique and much praised organization, this leading text has been revised to reflect the most recent developments in design tools. It pro...
Finally, in a single volume, a reference that presents engineering-level information on press-working sheet metal, die design, and die manufacturing Concentrating on simple, practical methods, this book will be an invaluable resource for anyone looking for detailed information about die design and the manufacture of stamping dies, particularly practicing die designers, press engineers, tool and die maintenance technicians, students of die design, and advanced apprentice die makers.Features
Emphasizes the basic theory of sheet metal plastic deformation as an aid in...
Finally, in a single volume, a reference that presents engineering-level information on press-working sheet metal, die design, and die manufacturing <...
Written by an engineer with decades of practical manufacturing experience, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and is a complete modern guide to sheet metal forming processes and die design still the most commonly used methodology for the mass-production manufacture of aircraft, automobiles, and complex high-precision parts. Included are the hows and whys of product analysis, as well as the techniques for blanking, punching, bending, deep drawing, stretching, material economy, strip design, movement of metal during stamping, and tooling. Its focus is on simple, applicable engineering...
Written by an engineer with decades of practical manufacturing experience, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and is a complete modern guide...