Sheet Metal Stamping Die Design

This book is a valuable 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.

Sheet metal stamping die design.

Progressive die design is our specialty but we do design all types of sheet metal stamping dies. Basic knowledge of metal stamping process. Advanced capabilities in our solution for designing automotive stamping dies include formability analysis die planning die face design detailed die structure design and die validation. These designs are then translated into stamping dies by skilled craftsmen known as diemakers.

The anatomy of a die cut a normal metal stamping process creates a die cut is to drive a sharpened tool steel punch through the sheet or strip material into a die cavity where the slug or scrap is ejected. Our stamping die solution guides you in defining the process used to manufacture complex stamped sheet metal parts producing a representation of the press. Metal stamping is a cold forming process that makes use of dies and stamping presses to transform sheet metal into different shapes. It will also discuss cutting and forming operations components and functions and different methods used to stamp parts.

A recipient of many training awards he is active in metal stamping training and consulting worldwide. Author of the die science column in stamping journal art also has written technical articles on stamping die design and build for a number of trade publications. Stamping dies are the tools that shape and cut sheet metal parts. We use icem ddn for 2 d design and vero international for 3 d design.

The definition of stamping. What is a stamping die. At normal temperature a metal or non metal sheet is pressed on a stamping press machine by a stamping die to cause separation or plastic deformation thereby obtaining parts having a certain shape size and performance. 1 1 metal stamping process characteristics and applications.

They are commonly developed using computer aided design cad software and analytical programs to create and prove out highly accurate unambiguous designs. The series will define a die as well as a stamping operation. Once these stamping dies are mounted into presses sheet metal is fed to them. Cutting clearances between the punch and die are closely defined and specified in the die design stage based on the requirement of the part.

Pieces of flat sheet metal typically referred to as blanks is fed into a sheet metal stamping press that uses a tool and die surface to form the metal into a new shape. Sheet metal stamping dies concentrates on simple practical methods.