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Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer
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Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

An arbor press is not going to work for this, and itty bitty guide rods won't be stiff enough to compensate for its deflections.

Start over with a real die set as a substrate.  That includes the guide pins, and can be stored as a unit, and bolted into a punch press or a press brake for use.

 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

I would agree with Mike you will need a die set, also the die will need one dowel if it is a slide fit in the lower bolster or two if not, the punches will need to be held in a punch plate that is also screwed and doweled or if not lined up by the stripper that is run on sub pillars and you will need to allow for the slugs to be removed, it is not clear if you have done that or not.

The locations are not great either and do you have enough stripping pressure?
 

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

(OP)
Hi guys,

Appreciate the feedback.

Workpiece material is Ticona Hostaform C 27021 Acetal Copolymer . It's only 0.2mm thick. I think arbor press should be sufficient.

Mike - excuse, my ignorance, for I am not up to speed on presses and dies, but what's a real die set? Is this an off the shelf set? Perhaps you send on a link to what you mean?

Ajack1 – have 2 dowels in place on die plate (Pic 5). Slight clearance on die hole in base plate so it's a loose fit. Backing plate is also screwed and doweled (Pic 6) into punch mount plate. I think I need to add bushings in the bottom of the stripper plate to help align the punches with the die. There is a clearance hole in the base plate which aligns with another clearance hole on the press body.

Can you be more specific about locations not being great? Have done a calculation and rekon springs are sufficient.

http://www.box.net/shared/1iniyunmuk
http://www.box.net/shared/xn9tqi7bv3
 

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

Fair enough finglas you could not see the dowels or drop holes in the previous views, it is also normal to have dowels as through holes so all dowels and cutting parts can be wire eroded in one set up after hardening, this helps greatly with tight cutting clearances.

The locations are not great as nothing is fixed (all slotted) so what ties the part to the position of the three piercings?

As for the die sets this is the sort of thing I and I assume Mike was referring too.
 

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

(OP)
I've never seen a thru all dowel hole in my short career but I can see your point of view when it comes to wiring the part all in one. I suppose once the 2 plates are doweled together, the dowel should not come out assuming it's a slide fit or tighter. Am I right in saying this?

"The locations are not great as nothing is fixed (all slotted) so what ties the part to the position of the three piercings". You mean the red parts for locating the workpiece? Problem is, tolerances on the workpiece are not very fine so need adjustment here to settle on an average location for the workpiece.

http://www.box.net/shared/y455yn0z10
There are slight pockets on the underside of the workpiece which I think will locate on the shoulders of the die. Also, there is a profile on the workpiece which will guide the punches.

Appreciate the link.
 

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

See if you can get the textbook " Die Design Fundamentals" by JR Paquin and RE Crowley published by Industrial Press Inc.  That book should bring you to speed on die design.  It explains all the components brought out by the above responders.  

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

(OP)
Read a few reviews about the book and by the sounds of it it's not great.

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

"Read a few reviews about the book and by the sounds of it it's not great.  "

Hunh?  Where did you read those reviews?

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

(OP)
scribd i think, just googled the book and found a website with reviews. said it was rubbish really for the price of it.

RE: Press Tool Design - Tips for first time designer

Then consider the "SME Die Design Handbook".

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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