Tool Pack Assembly: Ensuring Precision in Can Forming
This video, made in collaboration with Pride Engineering, shows an animated Tool Pack Assembly and its role in ensuring proper alignment and temperature stability of the can-forming tooling, including the Redraw Die and the Ironing Dies. The animation in the video was created by the talented team at Pride Engineering.
The Die Holders secure the Redraw and Ironing Dies. The version shown in this video, from Pride Engineering, is called a floating tool pack. This design includes a mechanism that allows the dies to move slightly and align themselves with the Bodymaker punch as it moves through the tool pack.
The Die Holders are also equipped with ports that allow Bodymaker Coolant (or die coolant) to flow to the Redraw and Ironing Dies, maintaining uniform and stable temperatures. This helps prevent thermal expansion, which could disrupt the metal forming process and lead to quality issues.
The Die Holders secure the Redraw and Ironing Dies. The version shown in this video, from Pride Engineering, is called a floating tool pack. This design includes a mechanism that allows the dies to move slightly and align themselves with the Bodymaker punch as it moves through the tool pack.
The Die Holders are also equipped with ports that allow Bodymaker Coolant (or die coolant) to flow to the Redraw and Ironing Dies, maintaining uniform and stable temperatures. This helps prevent thermal expansion, which could disrupt the metal forming process and lead to quality issues.
