Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Punch press tooling capability put on a plate

Plate provides design engineers with a quick reference guide to the type of features and operations that can be performed on a computer controlled punch press.

Developed to provide design engineers with a quick reference guide to the type of features and operations that can be performed on a computer controlled punch press, Wilson Tool International, the largest independent manufacturer of punch press tooling in the world, has produced a sample plate showing typical features and applications that can be performed. Available free of charge from Wilson Tool's Swindon Technology Centre, the sample plate includes three hinged panels with the all the parts and features produced on a punch press. There are standard and special 2-D shapes, special forms, countersinks, stiffening ribs, offsets and louvres produced in the sample.

In addition examples of different engraving and marking, logos, extrusions, bridge lance and forms, thread forms and EKOs.