Design and development of progressive tool for mold tag
V. Deepak, O. Abhilash, Y. P. Ravitej, Veerachari, L. Abhinandan
Abstract
A progressive tool carries out a sequence of basic sheet metal operations like blanking, piercing, notching, coining, bending etc. at multiple stations during each stroke of press in order to produce a final component. The challenging part of the project was to design a progressive tool for mold tag because of the complexity involved in it. The objective of the project is to design a progressive tool for mold tag to meet the customer specification, analyse the punches to determine the stress induced using ANSYS workbench and validate the results with theoretical calculations, fabricate and trial run the designed progressive tool for the component. The methodology of the project includes detailed study of component drawing and generation of blank development & strip layout using AutoCAD software. Based on the strip layout design various forces are calculated. Total force is used for the design of elements of progressive tool. The design of progressive tool includes 2D drawing and 3D modelling. The 2D drawing is carried out by AutoCAD software and 3D modelling by Autodesk Fusion 360 software. After the modelling of different punches and dies, the FEM analysis is performed on punches and dies using ANSYS workbench to determine whether the stress and strain are within the allowable limits. It is followed by the manufacturing and assembly of elements of progressive tool. Finally, the tool is fabricated to produce mold tag component.