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  1. Scra99tch

    Grinding Form Dies

    Just by looking at the process I have, I notice right off the bat the chip thickness which uses in its equation Q'w or MRR on the root of the cut (radial infeed) vs what is cutting on the flanks is so drastic that without expanding the profile there is no real way to increase the "chip...
  2. Scra99tch

    Grinding Form Dies

    One thing I forgot to mention is that I've considered stress relieving the dies after grinding. Although I can visually see the burn from the material reports we had done which resulted in a 8 point drop in hardness at the heat affect area on the flanks. But would stress relieving result in...
  3. Scra99tch

    Grinding Form Dies

    Hello, I am looking at different tool steels that I grind for cold forming threads. What I have been finding is that dies we buy from a vendor often marked, M1, D2, M4, etc, almost always grind better than stuff we buy M2, D2, DC53, DCMX. All of these are not drastically different in their...

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