Die Design and Diemaking Practice

New York: Industrial Press, Inc., 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles, xiv, 1014 pp, hundreds of figures, index. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, bottom edge heavily rubbed allowing boards to show through cloth. DJ has many small tears & a chip, as does library-applied mylar cover. "A treatise for die designers & diemakers containing illustrated descriptions of a large variety of selected dies for all kinds of power press operations, with practical information & data on approved designing practice & die construction." Contents: dies for cutting from flat stock; methods of determining blank diameters; laying out blanking dies & general diemaking practice; materials used in diemaking; punch & die details; stops for controlling position of stock; sectional punch & die construction; blanking dies for rotor & stator laminations; piercing & perforating dies; sub-press or self-guiding dies; action of metal in shearing & wear of cutting edges; bending & forming dies; classes of drawing dies & general designing information; dies for drawing shallow cups or shells; dies for drawing deep shells; dies for drawing shells having wide flanges; drawing dies for conical or tapering forms; deep drawing operations on conical-shaped parts; drawing dies for spherical & oval shapes; drawing square & rectangular shapes; use of rubber in conjunction with press tools; expanding dies of rubber & hydraulic types; dies for special operations; designing dies for inclinable presses; pointers on the design of stampings; heat-treatment of die steels; designing dies for powdered-metal parts. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 3rd Ed, 7th ptg. . G-/G. 23½ X 16 cm.