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Press Tools are special tools custom built to produce a particular component mainly out of sheet metal.
The principal operations of sheet stampings include cutting operations(Shearing,Blanking,Piercing etc.)and forming operations(bending,drawing,etc.).
Sheet metal items such as automobile parts(roofs fenders,caps etc.)components of aircraft, parts of business machines,household appliances,sheet metal parts of electronic equipments,precision parts required for horological industry etc. are manufactured by press tools. SHEARING THEORY TYPES OF PRESS TOOL/OPERATIONS TOPICS CUTTING CLEARANCE Land and angular clearance Guide Plate tool Cutting force Stock material Striplayout Punches Buckling of punches Dies Stoppers Stripper Gauges Pilots Sidecutters Fasteners and Dowels Shank and shank location Die Sets Blanking tool Piercing tool Bending | ||