A Die Process Engineers guide to verifying the construction, tryout and buyoff of new automotive dies. The purpose of these comprehensive manual is to provide guidelines for buying new dies for automotive stampings. This manual is designed to cover the construction process, pitfalls during the construction process, checklists for blank, draw, trim, flange & strike, cam, and progressive dies. Its purpose is to link practical know-how learned form best-practices to illustrations for clear explanation.
Except from The Chapter on Progressive Dies
“Progressive dies perform many operations under one ram in successive steps. The material is carried though the die with the aid of a carrier strip which facilitates the progression of material from one operation to the next. Included in this chapter is a 20-point progressive die inspection form”.
This is a comprehensive training program.
