Punching 10mm disks trom thin stainless steel foil
Punching 10mm disks trom thin stainless steel foil
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I am looking at making 10 mm disks and placing them on part. Disks material is 0.0127 mm stainless steel foil.
Punch and die would be my first thought in making disks however the punch and die clearance to shear metal from foil seems to be less than 0.001 mm. This I would imagine would be very difficult to achive . Perhaps my thinking is flawed.
Where yould I fet data on punching shapes from metal foil around 10 microns thick?
Many thanks.
Punch and die would be my first thought in making disks however the punch and die clearance to shear metal from foil seems to be less than 0.001 mm. This I would imagine would be very difficult to achive . Perhaps my thinking is flawed.
Where yould I fet data on punching shapes from metal foil around 10 microns thick?
Many thanks.





RE: Punching 10mm disks trom thin stainless steel foil
Consider laser cutting the foil:-
http://www.potomac-laser.com/services/materials/me...
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RE: Punching 10mm disks trom thin stainless steel foil
I would think that EDM would also be a possibility. What's your volume? Some things are amenable to batch processing, while others are not.
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RE: Punching 10mm disks trom thin stainless steel foil
You could sandwich it between layers of some thicker material perhaps wood and water jet cut them
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Sounds like punching is not fafoured for thin foil?
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The pickup "thing" might be able to flatten or press that thin a metal against the final assembly to re-flatten out bends or edge distortion. Or, the "glue" that holds the final disks in place might be applied to back of the whole thin metal foil plate, which is then press-cut right through the glued backing. The press/die backing surface then serves both as the plate and the surface that positions and presses the foil against the final assembly.
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Alternatively, you could look at electroforming (additive process) but you cannot electroform steel so would have to be in nickel. Link