30 January 2018
Sophisticated punches and dies indent metal surfaces with clearly detailed outlines. The marks are precise, easy to identify, and they repeatedly stamp out identical tags. It seems like these hardened alloy tools will last forever. Regrettably, nothing lasts forever, not
12 January 2018
Tool steel has to be much tougher than a regular alloy. The materials are hard, abrasion and impact resistant, and they’re designed to defy wear. All things considered, then, machine dies and punches are obviously substantially harder than those workpiece
8 December 2017
CNC punching is a computer controlled means of indenting sheet metal. Instead of a manually held punch tool, it’s a punch pressing machine that carries out this automated process. Think of a simplified example of this equipment station. A single head is mounted on a stationary arm. Sheet metal is now manipulated along both the
4 December 2017
Punches are indentation tools. If you strike the blunt head of this narrow shaft with a hammer, the opposing end of the tool creates an indented mark in a metal workpiece. To look at it, a punch is obviously manufactured from an equally rigid metal. It’s shaped a little like a pen, but the business
