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CNC punching and profiling
News Release from: Wilson Tool International | Subject: Scrape-up Locator tool
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 September 2002
Simple tool forms location tabs
A simple tooling unit produces location tabs for follow-on assembly or welding on sheet metal components produced on a punch press.
A simple solution for the creation of location tabs for future tasks such as assembly or welding on sheet metal components produced on a punch press, has been developed by Wilson Tool International The Scrape-up Locator tool avoids the need for half shears which are normally utilised to create holding or positioning tabs
Unlike half shear tooling, which creates a holding tab similar to an electrical knockout, the action of the new Wilson-developed tool, simply scrapes up material from the underside of the sheet using a cam-type insert to create a precisely positioned tab.
Its action does not distort the component nor detract from the cosmetics of the part.
Wilson Tool International of Swindon is able to produce the Scrape-up Locator tool to create the tab on either the bottom or top of the sheet being processed.
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