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Tool
Die Basic
This
article is intended to introduce basic tool making knowledge
to beginner toolmakers, die maintenance technicians and press
technicians. We will first define what is a stamping die and
difference types of stamping dies exists in the market. One
of the best tool die article online.
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Matrix High-Speed Steels--Economical Alternative to
Powders
If fracturing, chipping and microchipping plague your tooling,
consider using a new breed of tool steel. This technical article
tells you all you need to know.
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Capitalizing
on Heavy-Gauge Precision Blanking
The addition of a multi-blanking line during tough manufacturing
times helped this service center position itself for better
times. This article was written by an technical consultant.
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Punching
Aluminum
Turret-press tools coated with a proprietary TiCN coating
deliver big benefits to Time-O-Matic's aluminum sheetmetal-fabrication
shop. read this technical article.
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Magnetic
Tools Boost Blanking Output
Magnetic sheet-handling devices have a successful track record
contributing to the efficiency, safety and productivity of
blanking operations. Great technical article from consultant
in metal stamping.
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Mechanical
Presses on the Move--Part 1
Here we present several recent case studies, covering a variety
of applications for mechanical presses.
PART 1 OF 2
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Mechanical
Presses on the Move--Part 2
Here we present several recent case studies, covering a variety
of applications for mechanical presses.
PART 2 OF 2 More tool die related articles on mechanical presses..
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Benefit
from Breakthroughs in Wire-EDM Technology
Technical articles on faster material removal, tighter inside-corner
radii and slashed spark-to-spark times between cuts make newly
introduced wire-EDM technology worth looking into.
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Selecting,
heat treating and Maintaining Cold-Work Tooling
The secret to improving the performance of cold-work tooling
boils down to applying the same metallurgical discipline that
has served tool-and-die shops for generations.
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Powder-Metallurgy
Tool Steels--An Overview
These steels have been in use for some 30 years, improving
tool life in a multitude of applications. Red on to this technical
article. Search this article to learn more.
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Advanced
Ceramics Excel in High-Speed Metalforming Tools
Although traditional ceramics are known for being brittle
in nature, newly developed advanced ceramics can be very useful
in precision metalforming applications.
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Die Design and Validation Software: Seeing is Believing
Christy Industries relies on finite-element-analysis software
for automotive draw-die development.
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Matrix
High-Speed Steels--Economical Alternative to Powders
If fracturing, chipping and microchipping plague your tooling,
consider using a new breed of tool steel.
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Part-Eject
Problem Solved: Gas Spring to the Rescue
Faced with unruly die-maintenance procedures needed to keep
tools stamping small-diameter dawn automotive parts, Jena
Tool finds success with a new nitrogen-gas spring.
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3D
Design for Complex Prog Dies
Wiegel Tool Works recently made the switch from 2D to solid
modeling, cutting design time by a third. Highly recommenced
technical paper for metal stamper.
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Simulation
Confirms Deep-Draw Die Design
Research shows how finite-element modeling can improve progressive-die
design for deep-drawing applications without time-consuming
and costly trial and error.
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Punching
Aluminum
Turret-press tools coated with a proprietary TiCN coating
deliver big benefits to Time-O-Matic's aluminum sheetmetal-fabrication
shop.
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In-Die
Tapping Inside and Out
In-die tapping jobs can be the most profitable jobs in any
stamping shop. Here we review options available to stampers
in this technical tool die article / paper.
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New
CrN Tool Coatings Keep Going and Going and Going...
PVD-applied chromium-nitride coatings on form tools and cutting-tool
edges last longer than other coatings and go on with minimal
heating of the tool. Technical paper
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