Design and Finite Element Analysis of Guide Pillar for Compound Press Tool
M.E Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shreeyash College of Engineering, Aurangabad (India), India
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.
