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Tooling Update
Tooling Technology
New AutoForm Release Enhances Digital Process Planning
AutoFormplus R5 offers addi-
tional planning options and con-
tains new, valuable features to
support planning tasks for pro- gressive-die stamping. These fea-
tures enable users to easily define
and visualize a strip concept and estimate material cost.
In addition, the process plan now can be edited direct-
ly on the geometry in the 3D view, which simplifies the
process-modification process. Information and data created
in the process plan are directly accessible in the AutoForm data
file and able to be shared with other engineering groups. Propa-
gating the full process plan downstream ensures consistency in the engineering process and accelerates advanced feasibility analyses.
AutoFormplus R5 also includes new tooling features, including enhanced die-face creation to support the definition of drawing and secondary operations. A new type of geometry modification enables the generation of well-defined preform geometries. And, enhanced flange-development options make it easier to consider subsequent trim and flanging operations during draw-die modeling.
AutoForm: 888/428-8636; www.autoform.com
In-Die Tapping Heads
Designed for Simplified
Maintenance
Hutchison Tool Sales, Bensenville, IL, has launched a new line of in-die tapping heads that can be removed from the die without pulling the die from the press. This feature promises to reduce press down- time by eliminating multiple die setups.
Features in the new heads—available in Series 3000 and 6000 styles—include an adjustable coolant ring and an enhanced leadscrew/tap-collet design. Single- and multiple-spindle units handle strip 1⁄8 in. and thinner.
Model 3000 can tap #2-56 to 1⁄4-20 or M2 to M6; maximum press stroke is 16 in., maximum run rate is 250 strokes/min. Model 6000 can tap #6-32 to 1⁄2-20 or M3.5 to M12; maximum press stroke is 20 in., max. run rate is 100 strokes/min. Hutchison Tool Sales: 630/766-2585; www.hutchisontool.com
For three generations—and nearly six decades—Sutherland Presses has delivered world class metal forming solutions and services to clients from Fortune 500 companies to family-owned businesses around the globe. Our decades of working closely with the best Pacific Rim manufacturers and global component makers allows us to remain independent, agile and innovative...and constantly leading the search for the best CVP/Cost Value Proposition for our customers. Sutherland Presses: we are the added value.
OUR BUILT-TO-ORDER MECHANICAL, HYDRAULIC AND FORGING PRESSES MEET OR EXCEED THE JIS 1st CLASS, OSHA, CSA, CE AND NR12 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
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