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Sheetmetaldesignservices: Hole Taper

Sheet metal holes taper towards the bottom due to die clearance between the punch and die. To achieve a consistent diameter through the thickness, drilling or machining is required. Hole diameter should not be less than material thickness, and as tensile strength increases, punch diameter must also increase. A turret punch can form many special features like countersinks, offsets, and lettering, as long as the form depth is less than 8mm and fits in an 89mm circle. Progressive turret tools can also efficiently punch and form small parts.

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Sheetmetaldesignservices: Hole Taper

Sheet metal holes taper towards the bottom due to die clearance between the punch and die. To achieve a consistent diameter through the thickness, drilling or machining is required. Hole diameter should not be less than material thickness, and as tensile strength increases, punch diameter must also increase. A turret punch can form many special features like countersinks, offsets, and lettering, as long as the form depth is less than 8mm and fits in an 89mm circle. Progressive turret tools can also efficiently punch and form small parts.

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SheetMetalDesignServices
Hole Taper
When a hole is punched, it does not have a constant radius through the entire thickness of the part. The taper in the
bottom side of the hole is relative to the die clearance. Die clearance is the difference between the punch diameter
and die diameter. It is usually about 10% of the material thickness. To get a constant diameter through the entire
material thickness the part must be drilled or machined at far more costly operation.

Hole Diameter to Thickness Ratio


For most materials hole diameter should not be less than material thickness. As tensile strength increases the punch
diameter must also increase.

Turret Punch Considerations


Special forms - The turret punch press offers many versatile solutions for putting special features into a flat sheet.
Some of the options are counter sinks, offsets, card guides, Dimples, part Numbering, lettering, and Partial-shears.
Virtually any form can be made as long as it falls within the following constraints. The form depth must be less than
8.0mm and it must fit into a 89.0mm diameter circle. Progressive tools can also be made for the turret press. These
tools can punch and form small parts as efficiently as a progressive punch press tool with a lower initial cost.




 

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