Softcover

ISBN 10: 0831110104 ISBN 13: 9780831110109

Publisher: Industrial Press, 1962

• Introduces recent developments in die design tools such as hydraulic presses.
• Covers materials, punches, die sets, stops, strippers, gages, pilots and presses.
• Divides the design of each die into a series of distinct, easy to follow steps.
• Illustrates each step in pictorial view and as a portion of an engineering drawing.
• Introduces the elements of mathematics used in the design of die components.

About the Author:

With more than 35 years of experience in applied engineering in the aircraft and automotive industries, Vukota Boljanovic has performed extensive research in development and manufacturing engineering, including the impact of design modification on tools, dies, and processes selection, aircraft assembly and inspection. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and worked in Europe in both academia and industry -- as a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and as Vice President for Research and Development for an aircraft company where he oversaw industry and government funded research on a variety of manufacturing topics. The author of two books, including Sheet Metal Forming Processes and Die Design (Industrial Press, 2004) and numerous technical papers, Boljanovic has been recognized by the aircraft industry and academia for several of his contributions to manufacturing processes. Before recently retiring in Knoxville, Tennessee, he spent five years working in the American automotive industry.