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Die (manufacturing), the Glossary

A die is a specialized machine tool used in manufacturing industries to cut and/or form material to a desired shape or profile.^[1]

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Alloy

An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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American wire gauge

American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a logarithmic stepped standardized wire gauge system used since 1857, predominantly in North America, for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire.

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Bending is a manufacturing process that produces a V-shape, U-shape, or channel shape along a straight axis in ductile materials, most commonly sheet metal. Die (manufacturing) and Bending (metalworking) are metal forming.

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Blanking and piercing

Blanking and piercing are shearing processes in which a punch and die are used to produce parts from coil or sheet stock. Die (manufacturing) and Blanking and piercing are metal forming.

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Blister pack

A blister pack is any of several types of pre-formed plastic packaging used for small consumer goods, foods, and for pharmaceuticals.

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Blow molding

Blow molding (or moulding) is a manufacturing process for forming hollow plastic parts.

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Broaching is a machining process that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to remove material. Die (manufacturing) and Broaching (metalworking) are cutting tools and metalworking cutting tools.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Cartridge (firearms)

A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting.

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Coining is a form of precision stamping in which a workpiece is subjected to a sufficiently high stress to induce plastic flow on the surface of the material. Die (manufacturing) and Coining (metalworking) are metal forming.

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Coining (mint)

Minting, coining or coinage is the process of manufacturing coins using a kind of stamping, the process used in both hammered coinage and milled coinage. Die (manufacturing) and coining (mint) are metal forming.

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Compression (physics)

In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.

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Continuous production

Continuous production is a flow production method used to manufacture, produce, or process materials without interruption.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cork (material)

Cork is an impermeable buoyant material.

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Curling is a sheet metal forming process used to form the edges into a hollow ring.

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Deformation (engineering)

In engineering, deformation (the change in size or shape of an object) may be elastic or plastic.

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Die casting

Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity.

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Draw plate

A draw plate is type of die consisting of a hardened steel plate with one or more tapered holes through which wire is drawn to make it thinner. Die (manufacturing) and draw plate are metal forming.

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Drawing (manufacturing)

Drawing is a manufacturing process that uses tensile forces to elongate metal, glass, or plastic. Die (manufacturing) and Drawing (manufacturing) are metal forming.

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Felt

Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together.

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In metalworking, forming is the fashioning of metal parts and objects through mechanical deformation; the workpiece is reshaped without adding or removing material, and its mass remains unchanged. Die (manufacturing) and forming (metalworking) are metal forming.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Hydroforming

Hydroforming is a means of shaping ductile metals such as aluminium, brass, low alloy steel, and stainless steel into lightweight, structurally stiff and strong pieces. Die (manufacturing) and Hydroforming are metal forming.

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I-beam

An I-beam is any of various structural members with an or -shaped cross-section.

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Laser cutting

Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to vaporize materials, resulting in a cut edge. Die (manufacturing) and laser cutting are metalworking cutting tools.

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Machine press

A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure. Die (manufacturing) and machine press are machine tools and metal forming.

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A machine tool is a machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformations. Die (manufacturing) and machine tool are machine tools.

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Molding (process)

Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nomenclature

Nomenclature is a system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

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Pancake die

A pancake die is a simple type of manufacturing die that performs blanking or piercing. Die (manufacturing) and pancake die are metal forming.

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Paper clip

A paper clip (or paperclip) is a tool used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape (though some are covered in plastic).

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Paperboard

Paperboard is a thick paper-based material.

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Plywood

Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.

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Polygon

In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain.

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Progressive stamping

Progressive Die is a metalworking method that can encompass punching, coining, bending and several other ways of modifying metal raw material, combined with an automatic feeding system. Die (manufacturing) and Progressive stamping are metal forming.

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Punching

Punching is a forming process that uses a punch press to force a tool, called a punch, through the workpiece to create a hole via shearing. Die (manufacturing) and Punching are metal forming.

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Roll forming

Roll forming, also spelled roll-forming or rollforming, is a type of rolling involving the continuous bending of a long strip of sheet metal (typically coiled steel) into a desired cross-section. Die (manufacturing) and roll forming are metal forming.

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Shearing (manufacturing)

Shearing, also known as die cutting, is a process that cuts stock without the formation of chips or the use of burning or melting. Die (manufacturing) and Shearing (manufacturing) are metalworking cutting tools.

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Sheet metal is metal formed into thin, flat pieces, usually by an industrial process. Die (manufacturing) and Sheet metal are metal forming.

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Stamping (also known as pressing) is the process of placing flat sheet metal in either blank or coil form into a stamping press where a tool and die surface forms the metal into a net shape. Die (manufacturing) and stamping (metalworking) are metal forming.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Swaging

Swaging is a forging process in which the dimensions of an item are altered using dies into which the item is forced. Die (manufacturing) and Swaging are metal forming.

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Telephone

A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.

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Tension (physics)

Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Thermoforming

Thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature, formed to a specific shape in a mold, and trimmed to create a usable product.

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Tool and die makers are highly skilled crafters working in the manufacturing industries.

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Vacuum forming

Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic (in various forms HIPS (High impact polystyrene) for low impact products, or for Bathroom shower trays ABS, and exterior vehicle parts HDPE, plus various other types of vacuum formable materials) is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mould, and forced against the mould by a vacuum.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_(manufacturing)

Also known as Compound die, Compound operation (dies), Die shaving, Die trimming, Panel punch, Rotary die, Steel Rule Die, Steel-rule die, Stripper plate, Trimming/Shaving (Die).

, Thermoforming, Tool and die maker, Vacuum forming, Vacuum tube, Wire, Wollaston wire.

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Metallic objects

Metalworking cutting tools

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