FTI:Sheet Metal Components Design,Formability and Costing.Stamping and Welding Courses Toronto

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this course is to provide various approaches to driving down material costs of a stamping through design optimization. It will include the methodology for identifying critical
design points that determine the material requirements and utilization. Suggestions for Transfer and Progressive die operations will be included. Exercises will challenge participants to generate and evaluate cost savings ideas for their own parts.

Upon completion of the Stamping Cost Optimization Workshop participants should be able to:

(1) Identify the critical points of a design with respect to material requirements.
(2) Identify how to reduce material requirements through radii optimization.
(3) Define the material parameters that can reduce material costs.
(4) Identify methods to reduce material requirements from a blank nest or progressive strip layout.
(5) State methods to reduce material requirements by scalloping the flange.
(6) Identify methods to reduce material requirements for draw operations.

REQUIRED TRAINING MATERIALS :

Each company must provide 3 parts including; IGES file, material thickness, material properties, and processing information (ie, double attached, transfer or progressive process, etc.) to use in group exercises. These parts must be provided before the training to provide FTI sufficient time
to prepare a Cost Savings Analysis Summary for the group exercises. The cost savings analysis
will be prepared from the FTI Cost Optimization Module and is included in the training price.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

All Product Designers and Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Tool & Die Makers, Sales Engineers and Purchasing personnel.

COURSE OUTLINE:

1.0	Key Points of Material Costs

	1.1 Material Costs Relationship to Stamping Costs
	1.2 Critical Material Utilization Points

2.0	Design Solutions to Drive Down Material Costs

	2.1 Design Solutions to Drive Down Material Costs
	2.2 Flange Modification Methods
	2.3 Reverse Part Design
	2.4 Tailor Welded Blanks
	2.5 Optimization of Product Features
	2.6 Material Savings by Forming with Developed Blanks
	2.7 Material Saving Ideas for Closed End Geometries
	2.8 Progressive Nesting Evaluation
	2.9 Optimizing Material Selection

Workshop Exercises:

For the parts submitted to FTI prior to training, FTI will provide a Cost Savings Analysis
Summary. The summary will include blank size calculation, one up & two blank nesting, progressive die nesting, and cut-off die nesting (rectangular, trapezoid, & chevron arrangements).
It will also include specific part improvements/changes to save material costs. The class will be broken into 3 groups. Each group will be required to review the cost savings analysis summary and report back on the best method to produce the part or suggest an alternative manufacturing method or part modification to reduce the material costs.