FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
Die-Setting Fasteners— What Every Press Technician Should Know
Is Your Die-Change Process All That?
QDC Squeezes Every Drop of Productivity
Quick Die Change System Enables Tier One to Stay Ahead of Parts Demand
O r is it time for some revisions? If your good die-transport system, then achieving QDC is going to be, at the very least, difficult. Read on to learn the most common pressroom mistakes and what to do about them in order to achieve QDC. A standard rod-type clamp, when manually slid into the T-slot of the bolster (upper right) and placed in the clamping position, helps to achieve quick die changes. pressroom is cluttered, poorly laid out, or lacks a
F rom high-speed presses operating at JAE Oregon, a manufacturer of electrical contacts for the automotive industry. Also boosting productivity: successfully transitioning a great deal of its tooling-related maintenance from corrective maintenance to predictive/preventive. A look down press row at JAE Oregon, including press four, a 40-ton high-speed model that runs at speeds to 800 strokes/ min. and has recently been retrofitted with hydraulic clamping mechanisms to quicken die changes.
For die setting, at least two full threads of the bolt should extend beyond the nut after tightening.
F or Stanley Engineered fast, efficient production, making quick die change an important part of its success. High-retention metal fasteners for an automotive airbag are among the many mini automotive parts produced by Stanley Engineered Fastening in Montpelier, IN. Fastening's Indiana plant, small parts for automotive is big business, requiring
D ie-setting fasteners are subject to cyclical loading due to vibrations from the stamping process and the retorquing required with reuse. Thus, die-clamping systems should incorporate redundant fasteners in the event that one setup should fail.
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