Design and Finite Element Analysis of Guide Pillar for Compound Press Tool

Abstract

Sheet metal is one of the most important semi finished products used in the steel industry, and sheet metal forming technology is
therefore an important engineering within that area of mechanical engineering. The development of new sheet metal forming
processes, tooling and so on has up till now to a large extent been based on experience, trial-error experiments without or with
only little use of scientifically based engineering methods. Identification of these uncertainties and quantifying them will facilitate
a risk free manufacturing environment, which goes a long way to minimize the overall cost of production. This study recommends
criterion for selection of Guide pillar. Further design is performed using suitable modelling software and Finite Element Analysis
of the model is performed to reduce time and cost. Experimentation validation is carried out in SRES, Kopargaon Testing Lab.
Necessary design changes and relevant test will be carried out to satisfy testing criterion of Guide pillar.