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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Inventor:
Wolfgang Laib, Besigheim, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/08 (2006.01); B21D 28/14 (2006.01); B21D 28/24 (2006.01); B21D 28/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/08 (2013.01); B21D 28/14 (2013.01); B21D 28/246 (2013.01); B21D 28/34 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49716 (2015.01); Y10T 83/0524 (2015.04); Y10T 83/8727 (2015.04); Y10T 83/8733 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9423 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method includes removing material from a die and thereby changing a location of a cutting edge of the die in a punch entry direction and changing a cutting edge cross-section of the die; and assigning a punch and/or a workpiece thickness to the die based, at least in part, on the change in the cutting edge cross-section of the die.