A NEW SHEET DIE DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO ELIMINATE SCRAP SHEDDING PROBLEMS DURING MASS PRODUCTION

Manufacturing companies need to improve their production technology with improved dimensional accuracy at lower cost in order to manufacture sheet metal based products. Scrap shedding is an issue that should be examined at the cutting and sheet metal forming operations. In order to extend the life cycle of the cutting moulds, scrap shedding should be identified. When scrap shedding has not been taken into consideration, scraps have accumulated in the moulds reducing the production quality and causing deformation of the mould, increasing the production cost by obligating to perform extra transactions.