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Press Tool Technical Requirements

The document provides technical requirements and instructions for press tools. It lists 65 requirements that tools must meet, such as using specific materials for punches, dies, and other components; maintaining minimum dimensions; including elements like ejectors, springs, and bushings; ensuring proper heat treating; and providing accurate documentation. Requirements address tool design, components, manufacturing processes, and quality control.

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Press Tool Technical Requirements

The document provides technical requirements and instructions for press tools. It lists 65 requirements that tools must meet, such as using specific materials for punches, dies, and other components; maintaining minimum dimensions; including elements like ejectors, springs, and bushings; ensuring proper heat treating; and providing accurate documentation. Requirements address tool design, components, manufacturing processes, and quality control.

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ANNEXURE

Press tool technical requirement and instruction


1. All press tools punch & die material should be in D2, stripper plate in
D3 and die back plate to be D3.

2. Up to diameter 12mm all punches to be made in high speed steel


material.

3. Standard threaded dowell and screws (TVS or unbrako) to be used


as tool elements.

4. Ball guide bush to be used in die sets.

5. In press tool ejection spring to be made with Misumi standard.

6. No screw driver to be used for ejecting the component. Proper


pusher pin and ejectors should be used in the tool and this will avoid
double stroke and damage of the tools.

7. Cycle time of the operation should not go beyond 6 sec.

8. Screw threading length minimum 15 to 20 mm to be maintained.

9. No location play is permitted. Blanks should be arrested by locating


pins.

10. Minimum 3mm initial spring pressure to be maintained in the stripper


assembly.

11. Stripper to punch holder gap minimum 30 mm to be maintained.


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12. Beyond 10 mm movement on the forming die, stripper or shudder


nitrogen springs to be used.

13. No solid piercing die to be made. Piercing die should be insert type.

14. Blanking die beyond 200 mm length, sectional segment to be


provided no solid die is permitted.

15. Dies beyond 200mm length, all the screws should be m10 or m12
and dowel dia should be 10 or 12mm

16. Quilled or sleeve to be used for the piercing punches which is less
than 3.5mm in diameter

17. Dowels should not be fitted directly to bottom plate or top plate.
Hardened bushes to be provided to align punch holder and die plate.

18. Top plate and bottom plate thickness should be calculated based on
the die plate thickness.

19. Top plate and bottom plate to be provided with minimum 100 mm
space for tool clamping or an attachment plate to be provided.

20. Die thickness should be calculated as per the formula ( cube root of
shearing force)

21. Distance sleeve made out of OHNS material with hardness up to


50HRC to be provided.

22. All die and punch to be vacuum hardened and double tempering is
required.
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23. Heat treatment report and tool steel material bill to be submitted and
(This to ensure the quality of the process)

24. All alignment pins should be of Dia 12 to 16 using D2 material and


hardness to be 58 HRC with h7 g6 fit.

25. No box stripper is permitted in blanking tool or any of the tools.

26. Depth stopper to be employed in all tools.

27. All blanking tool extension guide block to be provided and hand
safety guard to be provided.

28. For SPFH 590 and spring steel (hard material) materials M2 or tool
steel to be used for dies and dies to be heat treated to 61to 63 HRC
and Balzers coating to be applied for punch and die.

29. No diagonal pillar or rear is allowed unless it is specified in the RFQ.

30. 7% cutting clearance of the sheet thickness to be maintained for


cutting tools and piercing tools.

31. Punch and stripper f6 running fit to be maintained. Less than 0.8 mm
thick material sliding fit has to be maintained.

32. Parallel block is mandatory for all piercing and blanking tool and
height should be maintained based on tool shut height. Parallel block
design should be ensured that force should not impact the bottom
plate.

33. Split punch or die to be provided where the component has high
spring back. This will help to trouble shoot the part.

34. No shim or extra plates are permitted in the new tools.


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35. No welding is permitted in the tool segments.

36. Component radius and component profile is not permitted to make in


hand or by hand grinding. It should be machined by VMC or CMC or
by wire cut etc.,

37. Unnecessary scratches, rust or damage is permitted in the tools

38. Slug and component should be separated in the tool design. Scrap
and component should not fall in one bin.

39. Misumi miss feed detector to be provided in Progressive tools.

40. Progressive tools should be employed with strip lifter.

41. All die draft angle to be kept as 0.5° draft angle should from the top.
No land to be provided in the cutting area.

42. If die and punch requires special coating then cost has to be provided
during initial quotation. After releasing the po no tool cost increase is
entertained.

43. No sharp corners is permitted in blanking and piercing tools. This is to


avoid die cracks.

44. Die housing to be provided in press tools.

45. Chamfer to be provided to all outer sharp corners of the press tools.

46. The name plate (part no, part name, operation no and description,
owner of tools) to be provided in the all press tools.,

47. Spring to spring minimum 15mm gap to be maintained.


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48. Provision for piercing punch dis-mantling through top plate to be


provided. Dowel pin and double grub screw to be provided on the top
plate for punch clamp.

49. Lifting bolt provision to be made in top and bottom plate of the tool.
For heavier tools lifting bolt provision to be provided in stripper plate
and die plate.

50. In forming tool, dimpling tool and bending tool no cutting operation is
permitted.

51. Less than piercing dia of 5mm, 1 sheet thickness land should be
provided in the die and relief to be sparked on the back side of the
die. Only one sheet of slug is permitted in the die.

52. All die, punch, stripper plates should be ground with fine finish with
sufficient coolant application during grinding. No chattering on the tool
surface is permitted.

53. Mistake proof to be made in all die stripper and punch holder

54. For all piercing and blanking punch tool steel material to be chosen
from round raw material, this is to avoid misaligned grain direction of
the raw material.

55. After EDM all punch and die has to be stress relieved.

56. No peening is allowed on the punches. Collar or cross pin to be


provided on the punches.

57. After grinding demagnetization to be done in all hardened parts.

58. Std Misumi springs to be used for all tools.


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59. Tie rods from the Top plate to Bottom plate to be provided for safe
tool movement

60. Stripper leveling button provision to be given in blanking tool and


other tools.

61. All press tools design in 2D with complete dimensional detail and 3D
CAD data ownership lies with IFB APL.

62. Cutting force calculation, Bending force calculation, Forming force


calculation, strip layout calculation/ Economy factor calculation to be
provided in the tool design sheet.

63. Forming punch, Forming die, Drawing Punch and Drawing die
CNC,VMC programs to be submitted during tool handing over.

64. Blanking Die, Piercing die wire cut program details to be submitted
during tool handing over.

65. The final tool design has to be submitted to VD head.

66. LH and RH component identification, tool identification mark has to


be punched on the tool.

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