Punching Operation

1) product name- Washer

2) specification- make of mild steel (MS)

outer diameter- oD

inner dia. - id

thikness - t

fig 1. symbollic diagram

3) photo/ Figure-
 fig 2 Washer

4) Process details-

· Recycling of iron ore and so get pure iron.

· Addition of 0.2% carbon and some amount of brass in pure iron to make mild steel alloy as raw
material.

· Rolling of mild steel alloy in to sheet of desire thickness (t) i.e washer thickness.

· Making of punching die as per the required internal and external diameter of washer i.e outer
dia. od and internal dia. id
 · Feed the mild steel alloy sheet in to punching machine.

· As per the use of number of die per stock, equal number of washer would produce.

Table no. 1

5) Die and Punch-

 Punching is a separating technique, mainly used to process holes into flat materials like paper,
plastic film or sheet metals. Normally, the punching equipment consists of two tool parts – one support
for the punches and one for the dies. While the punches enter the dies, the material is being shear cut.