9 Strip Layout
9 Strip Layout
9 Strip Layout
STRIP LAYOUT
BLANKING TOOL
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STRIP LAYOUT FOR BLANKING TOOLS.
Choice of strip layout method.
• Blanking tools produce blanks out of the strip or unit stock.
• None of the edges of the strip or unit stock forms an edge of the blank.
• Blanking is the most efficient and popular way of producing intricate
and closely tolerated blanks.
• The profile and accuracy built into the tool will be reproduced on
the blank.
• In the strip layout, blanks can be positioned in different ways in the strip.
STRIP LAYOUT
Economy Factor =
Area of the blank x No of rows x 100
Width of the strip x Pitch
Strip Layout for blanking tools
Blanking tools produce blanks entirely from the strip or unit stock.
Blanking is a most efficient and popular way of producing intricate and
closely tolerated blanks.
Production Requirement:
If production requirement is less, then material conservation is
necessary.
This must not increase the tool cost.
Gang die may be suitable for the mass production.
Grain Direction:
The grains are found in the sheets when they are rolled.
Bending the strip along the grain direction results in crack and fracture.
Burr Side:
It is a decisive factor in laying the strip.
In blanking, burr is found on the punch side.
In piercing ,burr is found on the die side.
Stock Material:
Every means is to be seen to conserve the stock material.
A double pass layout would justify the cost of stock material conserved.
TERMS USED IN STRIP LAYOUT
Scrap bridge
This is the portion of the material remaining after blanking
operation between one edge of the strip and the cutout portion.
The portion. of material remaining between the two adjacent
openings after blanking is also called as the scrap bridge.
Front Scrap:
This is the scrap bridge on that edge of the strip which is towards
the operator.
Back Scrap:
This is the scrap bridge on that edge of the strip which is away
from the operator
EXAMPLE:
Calculate the economy factor to punch the mild steel washer in single
row feeding. Outside diameter is 30mm, Inside diameter is 18mm and
Thickness is 2mm
Scrap bridge width is = 1.2 s.
Scrap bridge width = 1.2 x 2
=2.4 mm
Pitch = 30 + 2.4 = 32 mm
Strip width = 30 + 4.8 = 34.8 mm
Number of rows = one
Area of blank = Л D²
4
= Л 30²
4
= 706.65 mm²
• Narrow run.
• Wide run.
WIDE RUN
• Wide run is more desirable due to the following reasons.
• Shorter advance distance of the strip feeding promotes easy
• More" blanks could be produced from a given length of strip compared
to narrow run.
• Fewer number of strips are to be handled to produce a given
number of blanks.
• Narrow run is used when the grain direction of the piece part
has importance.
BLANKS HAVING AT LEAST TWO STRAIGHT PARALLEL
EDGES.
• In such cases the strip width should be equal to the distance between the
parallel sides.
• The blanks are produced by a cut off or parting operation.
• If the blank has got two sets of parallel sides, a cut off operation is sufficient
to produce the blanks.
• But if the blank has got only one set of parallel sides, these sides become
the sides of the stock strip and the other non-parallel sides are produced by
a parting operation.
STRIP LAYOUT FOR CUT OFF AND PARTING
• Cut off punch cuts with only one edge.
• No scrap is produced.
• A parting punch cuts with two opposite edges thereby producing a scrap.
NOTCHING
• Notching is a cutting operation for cutting off small portions from the edge
of a strip or a pre blanked component.
STRIP LAYOUT FOR CUT OFF
• Cut off punch cuts with only one edge.
• No scrap is produced.
• A parting punch cuts with two opposite edges thereby producing a
scrap.
• Trimming is an operation of cutting off material to alter the shape of the
strip or blank.
• In notching only a small area of the blank is cut off.
• In trimming a larger area of material is removed.
• Blank can be produced by combining notching, trimming and piercing
operations with cut off or parting operations.
BLANKS HAVING IRREGULAR CONTOUR
1. Contour.
2. Minimum material wastage.
3. Less tool cost.
4. No scrap strip to handle which renders the production faster.
5. Accuracy in strip width.
6. Accuracy of the blank.
7. Flatness.
CONTOUR.
• If the blank has two parallel sides, it can be produced by cut off operation.
• The advantages of cut off or parting operation are:
• Minimum material wastage.
• Less tool cost.
• No scrap strip to handle.
• Speeds up production.
ACCURACY IN STRIP WIDTH.
FLATNESS.
• This strip layout demands the strip to be fed twice through the tool.
• This is to achieve greater economy in stock material utilization.
• A two pass tool requires two stops.
• The stop used for the first pass should be removed or made to retract
spring loaded stoppers) from the working surface so as not to interfere
with the second pass.
• The front and back scrap as well as the scrap bridge should be wider
than those for he single pass (about 50 to 100%).
• Two pass layouts are justified only when the wastage is considerable and
the stock material is costly.
DOUBLE ROW LAYOUT.
Some of the piece parts will be require to be laid out to an angular position to make the layout more
economical.