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Shop Talk Contributor: Mr. Art Hendrick

Art Hendrick

Bio:
Art Hedrick President and Senior Consultant, Dieology LLC

Art Hedrick is president and senior consultant of Dieology, 8579 River Oak Circle,
Greenville, MI 48838, 616 225-2170

Author of the "Die Science" column in STAMPING Journal®, Art also has written technical
articles on stamping die design and build for a number of trade publications. A recipient of
many training awards, he is active in metal stamping training and consulting worldwide.

Contact Art at: dieology@pathwaynet.com
Website www.dieology.com.

For Engineers
Successful stamping: It’s a ‘we’ thing *
Metals/Materials
Defining material specifications *
Guidelines for forming high-strength material *
Press Technology
Designing dies 2-D or 3-D? *
Designing high-strength steel stamped parts for formability *
Die building: Three important processing questions *
Setting up progressive dies: Part I: Die alignment and clamping *
Setting up progressive dies: Part II: Establishing a good setup procedure*
The process of fineblanking *
Unique forming short cuts *
Punching
Solving pierce punch breaking and chipping problems *
Shop Strategies
Survival—Are factors other than the economy dragging down your operation? *
Tool and Die
Developing forming dies : Part I: Nonuniform contoured geometry *
‘Bad’ steel -- the ultimate scapegoat *
3 deadly tool design sins *
Buying time—by welding *
Cams, cams, and more cams: Designing and choosing cam slides for stamping operations *
Controlling bend angles *
Controlling flow and obtaining stretch in deep draw operations *

Cutting tooling costs: How to save money without sacrificing die quality *
Cutting tooling costs: Part II: Selecting the proper tool steel, design software *

Deep drawing aluminum—not as hard as it looks *
Developing forming dies: Part II: Die geometry *
Developing forming dies: Part III: Creating effective die geometry *

Die basics 101 starts with eight basic components: Getting to know stamping dies *
Die Basics 101: Part I *
Die Basics 101: Part II *
Die Basics 101: Part III *
Die basics 101: Part IV *
Die basics 101: Part V *
Die basics 101: Part VI *
Die Basics 101: Part VII *
Die Basics 101: Part VIII *
Die Basics 101: Part IX *
Die Basics 101: Part X *
Die Basics 101: Part XI *
Die Basics 101: Part XII *
Die Basics 101: Part XIV *
Die Basics 101: Part XV *
Die Basics 101: Part XVI *
Die Basics 101: Part XVII *
Die Basics 101: Part XIII *

Die design for double bending *
Die Design for flat parts: Achieving perfection in a difficult task *
Die geometry for embossing and stretching *
Die maintenance. Die repair.: What's the difference? *
Eliminating slug pulling during piercing operations *
Establishing a die setup recipe for progressive dies *
Finding, addressing the root cause of die galling failures: 6 Questions to answer in preventing premature galling *
Forming high-strength materials *

Getting the most from your cutting punches: Part I *
Getting the most from your cutting punches: Part II *

Getting the most from your deep-drawn material *
Good design, set-up, maintenance can keep dies out of repair shop *
Key design principles for successful deep drawing *

Know your bending basics—Part 1 *
Know your bending basics—Part 2 *

Listening to your parts *
Measuring forming severity *
Part nesting and die design tips for reducing and utilizing scrap in stamping operations *
Piercing, cutting aluminum sans slivers: Stopping sliver formation *
Pitch notch or not? Factors to consider when designing progressive dies *

Reading progressive die strips — Part I *
Reading progressive-die strips—Part II *

Reducing Negative Tonnage *
Regaining flatness in stamped parts *
Revealing the Magic — Using data and conducting experiments to solve metal forming problems *

Selecting a pressure system for a stamping die *
Selecting a stamping die pressure system, Part II *

Sheet Metal Stamping 101: Part I: Who does what? *
Sheet Metal Stamping 101: Part II: Material and equipment *
Sheet Metal Stamping 101: Part III: Dies and cutting *
Sheet Metal Stamping 101: Part IV: Cutting processes *
Sheet Metal Stamping 101: Part V: Forming operations *

Sink-making secrets *

Solving punch breakage problems: Part I: Typical causes of premature failure *
Solving punch breakage problems: Part II: The roles of cutting shear and retainers *
Solving the problem of punch breakage: Part III: Punch production and press issues *

Stamping 101: Die basics: Introduction to stamping die *
Stamping aluminum: It’s not as easy as you may think *
Stamping stainless steel: Part 1: Know your material *

Successful extruding: Part I *
Successful Extruding: Part II *

Tackling cutting and piercing problems in stamping operations *
Taking advantage of simulation technology *
The HOW, WHAT, and WHY of liquid impact forming: Hydroforming in a conventional stamping press *
Tips for grinding and wire machining tool steel *
Toolmaker tricks *
Using forming assessment tools to make wise die-buying decisions *
Why is it Dieology, not Dieologism?: It's not art, it's science *
Why use sheet hydroforming dies? *
Training and Retention
Drawing on the strength of people: How one stamper is breaking the rules, retaining quality employees *
Psychology for the tool room: How to open the lines of communication with your employees *

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