Hundreds of examples and guidelines detail how to improve your current die designs, or utilize new progressive designs that maximize efficiency while minimizing cost. Examples of the topics covered in the book's nineteen chapters include: punches and dies, stock guides and pilots, strippers, press selection, binding, blank development, design of strips and stampings, carbide dies, die material selection, design practices, EDM, mathematics and angle calculations, lubrication, sensors and die protection, and more.

This classic handbook provides the major formulas, calculations, cost estimating techniques, and safety procedures needed for specific die operations and performance evaluations. Dies are the most commonly used manufacturing methodology for the production of complex, high-precision parts Filled with charts, step-by-step guidelines, design details, formulas and calculations, and diagrams Updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, including new hardware components, custom-made automated systems, rotary bending techniques, new tool coating processes, and more

"The book contains hands-on information, valuable tooling tips, and procedural recommendations regarding the selection, processing, and use of materials. This comprehensive reference is for anyone working with the selection, application, and use of cast irons, cast steels, wrought tooling sheets, and aluminum and stainless steels. The subjects of basic metallurgy, heat treating, machining, grinding, electrical discharge machining, welding, quality, wear enhancements, surface coatings, and treatments for tools and dies have been carefully organized and presented for quick reference."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

This book 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. It illsutrates several dfifferent approaches to theis intricate field by taking the reader through the 'hos' and 'whys' of product analysis, as well as the technqiues for blanking, punching, bending, deep drawing, stretching, material economy, strip design, movement of metal duting stamping, and tooling.

Whether you're involved in a highly specialized operation, or need comprehensive information on many types of die designs, this book is your best bet book on how to design dies. Hundreds of illustrations on proven designs are included, as well as hundreds of tables and equations to help you make quick calculations for allowances, pressures, forces and more.

The only book of its kind expressly intended to help avoid the pitfalls associated with stamping designs, die designs, and stamping die function.