Quick Die Change

By David A. Smith

Today's small lot sizes, and the demands of just-in-time manufacturing, require that you understand basic die concepts and new quick die change techniques. This book offers technical guidelines, managerial strategies, and case studies to help you make dramatic setup time reductions. Since employee teamwork is the central theme of quick die change in shops that are successful in setup time reductions, a major portion of this book concentrates on how to achieve teamwork in the shop. Learn how to retrofit existing equipment with powered clamps, bolster rollers, and specialized die handling equipment; identify & eliminate the causes of stamping process, variability.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872633934
• ISBN13: 9780872633933
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"