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334 Sheet metal forming and blanking<br />

slide<br />

stroke<br />

[mm]<br />

supplementary<br />

functions<br />

TDC<br />

BDC BDC<br />

time [s]<br />

Fig. 4.7.4 Supplementary forces and functions during the slide stroke<br />

rapid closing stroke<br />

tracing stroke<br />

blanking stroke<br />

rapid return travel stroke<br />

time [s]<br />

movement sequence<br />

vee-ring piston<br />

movement sequence<br />

counterforce piston<br />

cycle for removal/air jet<br />

ejection <strong>of</strong> parts and scrap<br />

feed cycle <strong>of</strong> the punched<br />

material<br />

scrap seperator cycle<br />

Blanking force-stroke diagram<br />

Figure 4.7.5 compares the variation <strong>of</strong> the blanking force over the slide<br />

stroke or the time required for normal blanking to that required for fine<br />

blanking. During normal blanking, the sheet metal is initially elastically<br />

deformed on impact <strong>of</strong> the blanking punch (I) and then cut (II). In<br />

phase III, the part tears through, and in phase IV the system vibrations<br />

in the machine and die decay in all three directions (cf. Fig. 4.5.1). This<br />

is the phase in which the greatest die wear takes place. During fine<br />

blanking, the tearing and the vibration phases are eliminated. The special<br />

process parameters involved in fine blanking prevent the sudden<br />

breakthrough <strong>of</strong> the part, ensuring a smooth cut over the entire sheet<br />

metal thickness.<br />

Blanking clearance<br />

The blanking clearance is the dimensional difference or gap between<br />

the blanking punch and the blanking die measured on a single side.<br />

Metal Forming Handbook / Schuler (c) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

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