Punching aluminum sheet with rubber press pads

Rubber pads can be employed to cut or form sheet metals when acted upon by high pressures in conjunction with suitable tooling. This phenomenon has been incorporated into a production technique known as the Guerin process. It is advantageous in that the manufacturing of the closely mating convention...

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Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08262010-105027