Design of a Combination Tool

Abstract

The undertaken project work involves design, analysis and manufacture of a COMBINATION TOOL to produce TABLE TOP NAME CARD HOLDER. The main advantage of this combination tool is it can be accommodated with different operations in one single stage. This will reduce the complexity of the design of the tool. As the number of stages increases the design complexity also increases. Therefore usage of this tool will reduces the manufacturing and the design complexity and make the things easy. The combination tool performs both cutting and non-cutting operations. It can be done in the following way- The piercing, notching, lancing & bending operations are performed in the first stage, and then the blank is kept in the inverted position in the second stage where another bending is carried out. The relative positions with the previously pierced holes are maintained during the bending operation, with locating pins.