Desarrollo de aspectos metodológicos en el diseño de matrices progresivas

Abstract

There is a tendency toward automated production systems, trying to control every phase and improving the working and designing way of these facilities or tools. Among the manufacturing processes, one of the most important is metal forming by dies. Mainly, the design of dies is based in the tradition and empiricism of designers due to it involves various factors that hinder the systematization o these designs, such as:� The part to manufacture and presses available, whisch define die to design � The confluence of several technological factors � Many components of a die have to be manufactured specifically for each part. Others are standard, but their range is very wide. � Generally only one die is made for each part to be Progressive dies have an extra complexity, because they do many successive operations in each press stroke, which allows to make the parts in only one machine, optimizing the use of the resources. This thesis seeks to contribute to the systematization in progressive die design and incorporating advanced manufacturing technologies that facilitate and optimize the dies design.