Handbook of DIE Design [Hardcover]

Ivana Suchy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070666717 | ISBN-13: 978-0070666719 | Publication Date: May 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

Insider tips for flawless die design and manufacturing

Whatever you cast, punch, bend, pierce, stamp, or form, this reference gives you the hands-on guidance and use-it-now data you need to do it better, faster, safer. It's loaded with at-a-glance charts, step-by-step guidelines, and up-to-the-minute techniques for ensuring precision design for every class of sheet metal pressworking. You get all the essential formulas and calculations, cost estimating tips and safety techniques you need to boost your die operations and performance evaluations--plus the how's and why's of process analysis. . .metals movements. . .materials. . .purchasing parts and supplies. . .ensuring cost control. . .quality management procedures. . .eliminating secondary operations. . .evaluating new designs. . .and much more.

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From the Back Cover

Surefire guidance on modern metal-stamping die design, die construction, cost estimating, and manufacturing methods. As essential on-the-job tool for a wide range of engineers, designers, and technician's, this book provides a modern guide to metal-stamping die design and operations--still the most commonly used manufacturing methodology for the mass production of complex, high-precision parts. Written by an engineer with more than 20 years of experience, this practical reference shows you different approaches to this intricate field, taking you through the "hows" and "whys" of product analysis, strip design, movement of metal during stamping, tooling, and sheet metal materials, while supporting the presented information with an assortment of calculations. You'll find: Numerous illustrations and charts to aid you in die design and die manufacturing; The formulas and calculations needed for various die operations and performance evaluation; Rules of thumb and innovative approaches to the subject; A comparison chart of internationally recognized steel and alloy classifications; Techniques for die cost estimating that will allow you to determine the best method of die manufacturing, production scheduling, and delivery realization; Domestic and international contract-writing vocabulary, with insight into its significance. With the help of this hands-on resource, you'll be able to meet quantitative demands while controlling costs and assuring quality. . .eliminate secondary operations. . .evaluate new designs. . .and improve actual metal-altering operations while preserving the life of your tool.

About the Author

Ivana Suchy (Mountainside, NJ) is the sole mechanical engineer at Praxis International Inc., East Hanover, New Jersey, designing storage and retrieval systems for low- and high-heat environments automatically controlled by PLC-driven components. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070666717
• ISBN-13: 978-0070666719
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,543,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Value 0, January 4, 2000

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Evan Rosen (Tucson, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of DIE Design (Hardcover)

Having designed and built automated production machinery at my own company for some years now, I thought I'd get a more formal reference for our next round of die designs which were to be a little more challenging. This book provided no value whatsoever. At first it seemed that the problem might simply be that the writer is not a native English speaker, as is obvious. Further reading showed, however, that the concepts and diagrams really *were* as disorganized and as nearly content-free as they appeared. The editor(s) of the book also seem to have had almost no technical knowledge themselves and so were unaware of the silliness they were trying to shape into semi-readable language. I have physically discarded this book (it is not worth shelf space) and have ordered the Die handbook published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) of which I'm a senior member. The only reason I didn't get the SME book in the first place was that the lead time was several weeks, while the Suchy book was readily available.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Its a good paper weight, April 28, 2003

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Daniel Mark Gomez (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of DIE Design (Hardcover)

I have been working as a Die Designer for about 2 years and previously studied Tool and Die Technology for 3 years. When I first forked out my hard saved allowance to buy this book, I could not understand it. So I got the Die Design Handbook from SME and several other thinner and easier to understand books. When my understanding of Tool and Die Imporoved, I soon realised that this book is just plain lousy. Its confusing and offers practically no useful information. I would not recommend this book to anybody. There are many other better books that are out there. AMADA, the company that makes press machines also has a very well written book that is good for the student wanting to learn more.

2.0 out of 5 stars not clear,not to much tables and very unclear, October 9, 1999

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Eli Cohen ([e-mail]`) (Azmon,Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of DIE Design (Hardcover)

whith this price i expected more detail,more clear tables and much more a HANDBOOK whith answers and details of stations and calculation. its look like he tooks some tables frome another book and put alot of words to fill the book