Quick Die Change

by David A. Smith

Quick Die Change, Second Edition pulls together various manufacturing concepts to demonstrate how to achieve dramatic setup time reductions. The book covers not only the basis of changing dies quickly but many fundamental concepts of pressworking that affect the correct changeover of dies. The book includes chapters economic order quantity and just-in-time; training, acceptance, involvement, and support from the workforce; diesetting practice; die clamping methods; die parallels and die locating methods; quick die change strategy; setting progressive dies quickly and accurately; setup of tandem line dies; operating dies at a common shut height; decoiling, straightening, and feeding coil stock; transfer press and die operations; press force monitors;press safeguarding; ergonomics; training for emergencies and preparedness; unsticking presses; and die maintenance documentation and tracking.

Hardcover

Published December 1, 1991

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

David A. Smith is the founder of Smith and Associates, a stamping consulting and training firm. He has a long experience as a die maker and stamping engineer.