kineticmx
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2014
- Location
- United States, CT
I have a small steel clevis I use in a product I sell. It is made from 3/16" 4130 steel. I currently use about 300-400 parts a year, and expect that number to increase. They are currently laser cut and formed on a press brake by another shop. In my pursuit of improved quality control and bringing the work in house I am hoping to buy or build the necessary form tooling to bend these in house. I am getting inconsistent parts, both in bends not being parallel to one another, and over/under bending. A pin passes through the two holes and currently hole alignment is not consistent enough. I am wondering if building a forming tool for this part would be a good solution, and if so where to begin in designing such a tool.
Like I said, they are currently laser cut, I am wondering if punch tooling to blank the part would be practical in these quantities. If not I may consider machining them out of strips on the mill and then forming them.
Only critical dimension is the distance from the center of the holes to the inside face of the clevis
I attached a drawing of the part.
Thanks Teddy
Like I said, they are currently laser cut, I am wondering if punch tooling to blank the part would be practical in these quantities. If not I may consider machining them out of strips on the mill and then forming them.
Only critical dimension is the distance from the center of the holes to the inside face of the clevis
I attached a drawing of the part.
Thanks Teddy