Handbook of Fabrication Processes

Sheet metal fabrication processes are receiving greater attention and are more widely applied by the metalworking industries because of the savings in cost and material.

This book compiles the proven theories and operations tested in industrial applications. Focus is on the non-chip-producing machine tools. New materials and advances in tooling are discussed, as well as the need for applied science in optimizing the operations for sheet metal fabrication processes. Examples of each of these forming processes are given, and the text also describes the mechanics of each process.

The volume is divided into five sections, each consisting of a series of chapters. The major sections cover fabricating presses, stamping and forming operations, plastics for tooling, structural shapes, and nontraditional

Acknowledgments
Preface

Section 1 : Fabricating Processes and Equipment
Chapter 1A : Press Construction and Application
Chapter 1B : Mechanical and Hydraulic Presses : Advantages and Disadvantages
Chapter 1C : Fundamentals of Press-Brake Operation
Chapter 1D : Power Squaring Shears : Design and Application
Chapter 1E : Power Bending Rolls for Metal Cylinders
Chapter 1F : Rubber-Pad Forming and Hydroforming Processes
Chapter 1G : Multiple-Slide Machines and Tooling
Chapter 1H : Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Chapter 1I : Die Sets : Applications and Functional Requirements
Chapter 1J : Press Feeders for The Job Shop
Chapter 1K : Metals Formed in Presses

Section 2 : Stamping and Forming Operations
Chapter 2A : Punching and Shearing Science
Chapter 2B : Die Clearances and Stripping Forces : Effects on The Dynamic Properties of Metals for Blanking Operations
Chapter 2C : Blanking Operations
Chapter 2D : Blanking and Shearing
Chapter 2E : Piercing Operations
Chapter 2F : Trimming Operations
Chapter 2G : Bending of Sheet Metal
Chapter 2H : Drawing Operations
Chapter 2I :  Drawing and Reducing
Chapter 2J : Progressive Dies
Chapter 2K : Forming Operations
Chapter 2L : Contour Forming
Chapter 2M : Coining, Sizing, and Forging
Chapter 2N : Ironing
Chapter 2O : Automated In-Line Forming
Chapter 2P : Extrusion
Chapter 2Q : Lubrication and Wear in Sheet Metalworking
Chapter 2R : Lubricants for Forming Operations
Chapter 2S : Steel Rule Dies for Blanking and Forming of Sheet Metal and Nonmetallic Materials
Chapter 2T : Lower Hole Cost with Proper Die Design
Chapter 2U : Unitized Tooling for Sheet Metal

Section 3 : Plastics for Tooling
Chapter 3A : Plastics for Tooling
Chapter 3B : Types of Plastics Tools and Methods of Fabrication
Chapter 3C : Urethane Tools for Sheet-Metal Fabrication
Chapter 3D : Ceramic-Filled Epoxy Tooling
Chapter 3E : Plastics Molds for Thermoforming
Chapter 3F : Plastics Processing with Silicones
Chapter 3G : Plastics Tools for Forming of Prototype Sheet-Metal Parts
Chapter 3H : Basic Principles of Mold Design Used in Casting of Plastics
Chapter 3I : Evaluating Cast Urethanes for Plastics Tooling
Chapter 3J : Composites

Section 4 : Structural Shapes
Chapter 4A : Structural and Bar Shearing
Chapter 4B : Systemized Beam Punching
Chapter 4C : Tooling Techniques for Punching and Notching of Plate and Sheet Metal
Chapter 4D : Uncoilers
Chapter 4E : Blast Cleaning of Structural Steel

Section 5 : Nontraditional Machining
Chapter 5A : Electrical Discharge Machining
Chapter 5B : Use of Nontraditional Machining Processes in Producing Forging Dies and in Final Finish Machining of Near-Net-Shape Forgings

Section 6 : Definitions : Design Considerations
Chapter 6A : Definitions of Terms
Chapter 6B : Design Considerations for Stamping

Index