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Die Guy
I installed a plugin today called Twitter Tools. It allows you to get a tweet everytime I create a new post. Follow me on twitter at #thedieguy....
I see alot of shops, with good intentions, performing engineering in the wrong sequence. They process a job. They design the dies. Then, they run formability analysis. For the first time. The first time formability simulation is run is called feasibility. The question here is: will it work? In other words, is the product...
I continue to be amazed at how some highly educated people miss the point. Case in point: I had a customer that was experiencing splitting on a stamping. Certain coils would run fine. Others would have 90%+ failure. I get their process data and run a formability simulation. The result? A good stamping. No...
I blogged a while back about the changes we made to automotive die standards that inadvertently revolutionized how dies are designed and built. As promised, here is the long awaited list of top 10 things I would do today, in no particular order, if given a clean sheet to re-write die...
My son has a 1st grade homework assignment that requires him to interview me on how technology has changed since I was a 1st grader. This got me thinking about how much change we have seen in the die business in the past 20 years. Most in the business today take solid...
Someone recently asked me if my Tooling By Design CD was still available. Yes it is. I am fresh out of free copies, but it can be ordered through the Precision Metalforming Association. Click here for more information. I do not earn a penny on these CDs. The PMA keeps all the money. From time...
Self Proclaimed Die Expert
Stamping Engineering: The blind leading the blind?
What is an accurate simulation? If the process is modeled by a person who has only a loose understanding of the manufacturing process that they are modeling how can we argue that the software is accurate? Why is it that we still find that the people who are asked to run the...
Free Webinar: Stamping Simulation
In case you missed my Free webinar this week SME was kind enough to record it and post it to their WEB. you will find it here: Link to View Archived Webinar May not have been my best performance but hopefully this is a sign that we will have more to...
Free Webinar: Stamping Simulation
Free Online Seminar: Topic Sheet Metal Stamping Simulation. Presented by ME Hosted by Chapter 7 of SME (Hartford CT) Metal Forming Simulation methods How those methods fit the engineering life cycle Applications and needed inputs Case Studies register here ...
Stamping Materials: We get different material at tryout.....It's not a conspiracy
A consistent observation from professionals in the stamping industry is that the material they receive at die tryout is different than the material that they run with during production. TRUE. The follow-up to this observation is that the steel company does this on purpose. FALSE. I will probably have people calling to revoke my self-proclaimed-Die-Expert status for this;...
Stamping Materials: What we don't know about materials could fill a blog
Recently, I picked up the support line at work and had a colorful discussion with a stamping professional who had called in with a question about material properties. Apparently, he has some tools to build for a customer that when run with one set of material properties makes, and when...
Die Planning: 3 steps to getting the wrong blank and loosing your BUTT on dies
There are many tools in the world that allege to lead one to the correct blank size and minimum material usage. However, misuse of these tools can easily lead to greater overall costs. Make the blank calculation using only the part shape without considering the process Take the blank calculation as Gospel...
The Future is Forming
Tool & Die Authority November 2009
The Tool and Die Authority November 2009 Newsletter contained these articles: Using Social Media to Overcome the Misperceptions of Manufacturing: Joe Brown Die-Setting Practice, Part 2: Peter Ulintz The One-Minute Transfer-Die Feasibility Checklist: Bob Quinn Creative Part-Out Detection, Part 1: Drew Stevensand from Danny Schaeffler of...
Tool & Die Authority - October 2009
The Tool and Die Authority October 2009 Newsletter contained these articles: Who’s Moving Along with the Winds of Change?: Joe Brown Die-Setting Practice : Peter Ulintz Transfer Systems—What Can They Do for You?: Bob Quinn Detecting Feed in Thick Materials : Drew Stevensand from Danny Schaeffler...
Tool & Die Authority - September 2009
The Tool and Die Authority September 2009 Newsletter contained these articles:Oakland University Creates an Open Forum …for Die Makers, their Customers and Other Key Stakeholders: Joe BrownA Split Decision—Part 2: Peter UlintzHow Does Tooling Price Impact Piece Price?: Bob QuinnCreative Error Proofing: Drew Stevensand from Danny...
Social Media and the Steel Industry
“Social media” is a generalized term that applies to how people interact online, and can include blogs, podcasts, and webinars. Traditional newspapers, magazines, and books do not allow for the audience to share their viewpoints (aside from a Letter to the Editor) and engage in a dialogue for real-time...
Tool & Die Authority - August 2009
The Tool and Die Authority August 2009 Newsletter contained these articles:The Future Tooling-Talent Pool: Misperceptions Demand Attention: Joe BrownA Split Decision: Peter UlintzTooling Costs Compared—Offshore vs. On: Bob QuinnValue-Added Operations, Part 1—Putting Stuff Together: Drew Stevensand from Danny Schaeffler of Engineering Quality Solutions (EQS)...Limitations of Hardness...
Advanced High Strength Steels on the 2011 Ford Fiesta: Dual Phase and Martensitic (Boron) Steels
Dual phase steel: The front and side frame rails, under-floor structural beams (“sled-runners”), side roof arches, and lateral floor reinforcements. Martensitic steel: Roof pillars, door intrusion beams Other Ford North America vehicles using ultra high strength steel: • Ford Flex (A-pillar) • Ford Taurus,...
Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog
Management Improvement Carnival #91
The Curious Cat Management Blog Carnival provides links to recent articles to help managers improve the performance of their organization. A Mindless Worker is a Happy Worker “when people are given a chance to participate in creating something good, solving a problem, and play a role in adding value through the...
Improving Software Development with Automated Tests
Automated software testing is a mistake proofing (poka-yoke) solution for software development. The way automated testing works is that software code is written that tests the software code of the application. This automated testing code test that business rules are correctly being followed by the code in the application. So for...
Improving Education with Deming’s Ideas
This interview with David Langford discusses how to improve education using ideas from Deming. Along with Alfie Kohn, David have long been the learning and management experts I find most valuable. I have long remembered is his idea that he was the CEO of his classroom. On hearing Deming...
Management Improvement Carnival #90
The Curious Cat Management Improvement blog carnival provides links to recent blog posts for those interesting in improving management of organizations. Leader Standard Work Should Be…Work! by Mark Hamel – “A lean leader’s standard work, among other things, may require him to check a particular work cell once in the morning...
Get Rid of the Performance Review
How Much Do You Hate Performance Reviews? by Bob Sutton Deming emphasized that forced rankings and other merit ratings that breed internal competition are bad management because they undermine motivation and breed contempt for management among people who, at least at first, were doing good work. … If you want to read the...
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, Fulfillment and Flow
“After a certain basic point, which translates, more or less, to just a few thousand dollars above the minimum poverty level, increases in material well being don’t see to affect how happy people are.” The speech includes, the first purpose of incorporation at Sony: To establish a place of work where engineers...
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