They can forge both small and large equipment. Modern forging machines are effective and efficient. It was during the industrial revolution that man adopted the use of machines. That is, they could deform material parts using bare hands. The early man depended on a rudimentary manufacturing process. In fact, these were very rudimentary tools ever created by the ancient man. It is one of the oldest metal working arts.Īt times, one may refer to it as primitive blacksmith – Iron Age. In fact, the tools that were used before Homo sapiens existed were produced by metal forging.
This manufacturing technique has been around for years. Offers a completely revised chapter on presses and quick die-changing systems and includes the addition of “Quick Die Change Systems.Chapter 2: Forging Process Traditional vs.Illustrates each step in pictorial view and as a portion of an engineering drawing.Contains a glossary of terms for the first time.Covers new methods of producing blanks, such as waterjet cutting and laser cutting.In successive sections each step is detailed as it is applied to the design of the various types of dies listed in Chapter 2. Second, the die design is shown pictorially in order to improve the user’s visualization. Each chapter is one step which is illustrated in two ways first, as a portion of an engineering drawing, that is, as the component is actually drawn on the design. Retaining its unique and much praised organization, Die Design Fundamentals, Third Edition is a leading text, revised to reflect the most recent developments in design tools.ĭie Design Fundamentals, Third Edition provides balanced coverage of relevant fundamentals and real-world practices so that students, apprentices and on-the-job professionals can understand the important and often complex interrelationships between die design and the economic factors involved in manufacturing sheet-metal forming products.įollowing introductory material and a discussion of 20 types of dies in Chapter 2, the design process of a representative die is separated into seventeen distinct chapters.