Cutting Die Unbalanced Thrust
Posted by stephens on Oct 16, 2009 in Engineering Decisions, Equations | 0 comments
Forces in a cutting die are equal and opposite. So what happens when cutting occurs on one side of a cutting component? Unbalanced thrust. The issue with unbalanced thrust is should the cutting component be heeled or keyed to counteract the lateral force. The first step to this decision is to quantify the magnitude of unbalanced thrust. The equation for...
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