The fordable Hiriko Citycar, the solution to the limited parking space. The Hiriko Citycar was exhibited in Berlin Germany on May 27, 2010, last Thursday. William Lark and his team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded the Hiriko citycar. It is foldable and is able to move in 360 degree with its...
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Archive for May, 2010
Hiriko Citycar solution to parking space
Deep drawning tool
Tool and die makers should be familiarize with what deep drawing tool is, there are also many articles and design books in the market showing how the deep drawing process being done. However, not many really seen how the deep drawn process works. Deep Drawing tools are usually designed in a form of progressive...
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Tips of doing business in China
The Pricing War has spread throughout the globe and doing business in China is not uncommon in the contemporary market place. Many foreigners are either afraid, or do not understand how to deal with the Chinese companies, due to lack of understanding of the local culture or due to inability to communicate because of...
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Apple overtakes Microsoft in market capitalization.
Apple on the verge of bankruptcy in the 1997 has transformed itself from the personal computer maker into a consumer electronics trend leader. In year 2007, Apple released it IPhone and this year released the IPad table. News reported Apple’s second quarter sales soared 49% on demand for the Iphone. This figure has not...
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increase productivity by installing Material welding machines
Changing coil material can be very time consuming and mistake tending to happen when feeding the raw material into the long progressive tool. In the high speed stamping tool shop, each coil of raw material will last about 2-3 hours depending on the feed pitch and running speed. Every new coil of material requires...
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Fundamentals of tool design
Fundamentals of tool design This book outlines all the factors that impact the success of your tools, showing you how and why your tools will work in relation to the manufacturing processes you’re designing them for. You’ll find tips and techniques, plus practical design examples, cost analysis calculations, process data, operating parameters and more....
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Spring back in metal bending (II)
Some readers wrote to me after reading my previous post on “Metal forming spring back”. The technique I mentioned in the post was used on a progressive tool it is not suitable in the single forming tool. Some of the factors for successful bending are the size of interior bend radius and the metal...
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Consideration When Designing a Tapping Tool (Part II)
In die tapping tool requires longer stripper travels and adequate die space or progressions for the tapping head. Following are some factors one must consider when designing a tapping die: Material Lift. When tapping from the top down, it is best to keep material lift to a minimum. The lower the material lift, the...
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In Die Tapping Technique
In die tapping allows threading to be done in a progressive tool without involving expensive secondary threading operations. In die tapping units are available in both mechanical and servomotor driven. Mechanical driven tapping unit hreading is done by a series of gears arranged in different ratios, which are driven by a vertical lead screw...
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Selection of mechanical press
In general, the single gear reduction system works well on some simple blanking and forming operations with lesser uneven forces distributed within the tool. Double gear reduction system suits better for some tools with uneven forces distribution.
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