617-120 Die Making Processes
Incorporates fundamental stamping die principles into die design applications. Emphasizes piercing, blanking, bending and forming operations. Focuses on die components, types of dies and basic die construction. Students utilize computer software and a variety of machine tools to apply metalworking concepts. Hands on application for assembly and disassembly of metal stamping dies. (Prerequisites: 623-162 Manufacturing Processes; 606-176 CAD 2-D, AutoCAD; 617-134 Principles of Design)
Students taking this course will learn how metal stamping dies are constructed. This is achieved in the lab by actually building a metal stamping die in the tool and die making lab. It is also reinforced by having individuals who, while working in a team environment, disassemble and reassemble some stamping dies. For the metal stamping die that is built, students are divided into groups placing the more experienced student with the less experienced student. Each student of the group is responsible for making an individual component of the die, which will eventually become a fully assembled tool that can be used to produce a part. Various machine tools and CNC equipment must be used in order to build the components accurately. Students also take apart and reassemble various types of metal stamping dies in order to understand the inner workings of each component. Students learn how to set up and operate a punch press, and they eventually run a metal stamping die to produce metal piece parts. Students are evaluated in the course through their shop project, tests, course assignments and core abilities. Click on the links below to see examples of shop projects built by design students that eventually made the State of Wisconsin and the United States parts.
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Completed Wisconsin Die
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