SMED (single Minute Exchange Die)
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DIE LOADING TIME IN HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING ?? ANSWER :: THERE ARE FEW STEPS IN DIE LOADING IN HPDC 0. LAST OK SHOT 1. PREPARATION 2. MOUNTING 3. SETTING 4. FIRST OK "ON SHOT TIME BETWEEN LAST OK SHOT TO FIRST OK SHOT IS YOUR TOTAL DIE CHANGEOVER TIME. PREPARATION : There are some parallel activity and some planed activity which must be keep in mind during Die change over. During Die unloading the Die that to be loaded must be near by machine or in crane approach area. The die that we have to load must be completely ready. such as its cooling, hydraulic cylinder leakage test, core signal , die face condition , pins condition , punch conditions and other points in Die check sheet must be check. 2. MOUNTING :By using hydraulic clamp we can reduce the time of unclamp. Four clamp in each side minimum. i.e depend on size of D...