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3.0 SHEET METAL PROCESSES
CHAPTER 3 : SHEET METAL PROCESSES
3.1 INTRODUCTION
The term press working or press forming is used commonly in industry to describe
general sheet-forming operations, because they typically are performed on presses
using a set of dies. Low-carbon steel is the most commonly used sheet metal because of
its low cost and generally good strength and formability characteristics. Fig. 4.1 shows
examples of sheet-metal parts (a) Stamped parts. (b) Parts produced by spinning. Table
3.1 shows the general characteristics of sheet-metal forming processes.
Figure 3.1 (a) Stamped parts. (b) Parts produced by spinning.
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