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340 Sheet metal forming and blanking<br />

ditions. Starting with s<strong>of</strong>t, unalloyed steels with a low carbon content,<br />

fine blanking capability increases on principle with an increasing proportion<br />

<strong>of</strong> carbon and a higher alloy content. There is no precise limit<br />

based on the content <strong>of</strong> carbon and alloy materials from which fine<br />

blanking capability can be said not to exist.<br />

The microstructure <strong>of</strong> a material has a particularly marked influence on<br />

the properties <strong>of</strong> the cut surface, the dimensional stability <strong>of</strong> the part and<br />

the service life <strong>of</strong> dies. The illustration on the top right <strong>of</strong> Fig. 4.7.10 is a<br />

schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the microstructure <strong>of</strong> a C45 steel which has<br />

microstructuresuitable microstructureunsuitable<br />

blankingprocess blankingprocess<br />

fineblankedsurface,<br />

free<strong>of</strong>fractureandtear<br />

fineblankedsurface<br />

withtears<br />

Fig. 4.7.10 Schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the fine blanking process with a suitable (left) and<br />

unsuitable (right) material microstructure<br />

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

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