Description: By an engineer with decades of practical manufacturing experience, 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 illustrates several different approaches to this intricate field by taking the reader through the "hows" and "whys" of product analysis, as well as the techniques for blanking, punching, bending, deep drawing, stretching, material economy, strip design, movement of metal during stamping, and tooling. While concentrating on simple, applicable engineering methods rather than complex numerical techniques, this practical reference makes it easier for readers to understand the subject by using numerous illustrations, tables, and charts.
- Emphasizes the influence of materials as an aid to understanding manufacturing processes and operations.
- Features the essential mathematical formulas and calculations needed for
various die operations and performance evaluation. - Shows the comparative advantages and liabilities for each manufacturing process and operation.
- Offers a complete picture of the knowledge and skills needed for the effective design of dies for sheet-metal forming processes highlighted with illustrative examples.
Provides properties and typical applications of selected tool and die materials for various die parts.
Brief description:
Vukota Boljanovic, Ph.D., has nearly 50 years of experience in applied engineering in the aircraft and automotive industries, as well as academia. He has performed extensive research in manufacturing engineering, including the impact of design and modification on sheet metal dies, jigs and fixtures, and process selection, aircraft assembly, and inspection tool and dies.
Dr. Boljanovic is the author of numerous technical papers and books, including such Industrial Press titles as Sheet Metal Forming Processes and Die Design; Die Design Fundamentals; Applied Mathematical and Physical Formulas Pocket Reference; Metal Shaping Processes; and Sheet Metal Stamping Dies. He has also contributed updated material on the topics of "Sheet Metal Working and Presses," "Metal Casting, Molding, and Extrusion," and "Powder Metallurgy" to the Machinery's Handbook, 28th--32nd editions.