Die Design Fundamentals, 3rd Edition

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 seventeen distinct chapters. Each chapter is one step which is illustrated in two ways; first, as a portion of an engineering drawing, that is, as the component is actually drawn on the design. Second, the die design is shown pictorially in order to improve the user’s visualization. In successive sections each step is detailed as it is applied to the design of the various types of dies listed in Chapter 2.​

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Die Design
Chapter 2 : Classifications and Types of Dies
Chapter 3 : The Material Strips
Chapter 4 : The Blank
Chapter 5 : Fourteen Steps to Design A Die
Chapter 6 : How to Lay Out A Scrap Strip
Chapter 7 : How to Design Die Blocks
Chapter 8 : How to Design Blanking Punches
Chapter 9 : How to Design Piercing Punches
Chapter 10 : How to Design Punch Plates
Chapter 11 : How to Design Pilots
Chapter 12 : How to Design Gages
Chapter 13 : How to Design Finger Stops
Chapter 14 : How to Design Automatic Stops
Chapter 15 : How to Design Strippers
Chapter 16 : How to Apply Fasteners
Chapter 17 : How to Select A Die Set
Chapter 18 : Dimensions and Notes
Chapter 19 : The Bill of Material
Chapter 20 : Presses and Quick Die –Change Systems

Glossary
Index

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