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Dayton Rogers: Sharing Our Metalforming Knowledge

Metal Forming Design Guidelines
Dayton Rogers has been a leader in the precision metal stamping industry for nearly 80 years. We would love to share some of our knowledge with you. The following book can be viewed by chapter on our Web site. Highlights of the book include technical sheet metal drawings, basic sheet metal design and sheet metal fabrication layout techniques. If you have any questions or would like additional copies, please let us know. We also provide free technical design seminars covering the topics featured in our booklet as well as metal forming problems unique to your company or industry.

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Table of Contents... 

1. Problem Solving 
2. Blank Design 
3. Piercing Round Holes 
4. Definition of Punched Holes 
5. Specification and Measurement of Punched Holes 
6. Recommended Minimum Ratios of Punched Holes 
7. Piercing - Adjacent to Bends 
8. Definition and Limits of Extruded Holes 
9. Specifications and Measurement of Formed Parts 
10. Position of the Form
11. Height of Form
12. Edge Conditions of Formed Parts 
13. Styles of Embossing
14. Specifications and Measurement of Embossed Parts
15. Recommended Limits of Embossed Parts 
16. Specification and Characteristics of Drawn Parts 
17. Edge Condition of Drawn Parts
18. Surface and Characteristic Conditions of Drawn Shapes 
19. Measurement and Limits of Flatness 
20. Dimensioning Practices for Turret Press 
21. Dimensioning Practices for Press Brake 
22. Laser Cutting 
23. Laser Operation 
24. Laser Considerations 
25. Laser Dimensioning Practices