Curriculum Vitae
Metal Stamping Consulting Services Consulting help is delivered quickly. Both fax and the Internet has proven to be a superior way to transfer information quickly. The Internet is especially useful for sending attached digital drawings and photographs for review. We use the best means available including fax and the Internet to offer problem solving advice based on documented solutions. Drawings and parts for evaluation may be sent by overnight package delivery. Your cost is minimized by fast service that clients find fair and affordable. On site, consulting is available. Prices are affordable and negotiable depending on what you desire and where you are located.
Our Consulting Policy
Honesty in Consulting: A consultant, like a physician should try to help the client in the best possible way. If we believe that another consultant is better qualified to solve the problem the client will be told up front that someone else is better qualified to deal with the problem. This is our policy. Often a client will use my services rather than someone who is more expensive based on personalized service and not being a specialist in one area of knowledge alone. The press and die as well as everyone and everything having anything to do with the process must be understood as a system.
Quick Die Change Video – A $2,450.00 video Classic! Only $200.00 + S&H The SME Quick Die Change tape series is based on the popular Quick Die Change book by the author. I was assigned to develop the tape series based on the book. This required going into many plants and the plants cited in case studies and working with professional video crews to document how these plants actually changed dies and were managed. The final video script was edited by an outstanding professional, Ray Howe and professionally narrated.
Asking a tooling engineer with a radio engineering background to do video development resulted in a product that is an hour longer than intended yet under budget. Although initial sales were good, many potential buyers considered the SME $2,450.00 price excessive.
When the tape set was removed from the SME catalog, the rights reverted to the developer. Therefore, you can buy the complete Videotape-Featuring diesetting analysis, demonstrations, case studies, continuous improvement examples, expert perspectives, and more. The total length is 2 hours, 37 minutes. Our $200.00 price also includes the Facilitator's Guide (582 pages)-Includes assignments for team meetings, examples, notes to the instructor, plus management interviews and perspectives not included in the videotape.
In Plant Training In-plant, training at your facility is available. Each stamping facility is unique. Therefore, all training is customized to the needs of the client through cooperation with plant leadership personnel. Your cost is minimized by going directly to the training instructor. Typically, colleges who broker training charge double the instructors fee. Training manuals customized to your needs are provided for each student at a very affordable cost.
Standard SME Reference Publications Writing reference publications are a labor of love for this semi-retired person. Hard work and the cooperation of leading industry experts have been essential in this unique documentation of the metal stamping process. Without the help of hundreds of individual contributors, developing these resources would not be possible. Contributors include a broad cross section of foremost industry leaders. Private sector plant owners and essential staff persons have shared their successful methods and process information. Engineering societies and trade associations have actively contributed member expertise. Invaluable industrial and university R&D results are included. Internet links to many of these sources are listed.
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David Alkire Smith's Metal Stamping White Papers
Copyrighted Material In PDF Format
Use Subject to the Notice & Disclaimer Below
Bending of Metals Including "V", Wipe and Rotary Die Operations
Forming Flanges and Process Limitations
Drawing and Stretching of Metals
Metal Stamping Analysis Methods & Techniques
Examples of Generic Die Standards
METALS SHEARING AND CUTTING MODULES
Solving Punch Head Breakage Problems
Cutting Force and Snap-through Reduction Techniques
Compound Dies and Cut-and-Carry or Push-Back Operations
Operating Dies at A Common Shut Height
Good Cutting Punch and Die Maintenance
Using Metallic Springs as Die Pressure DevicesDie Repair and Troubleshooting Large Automotive Stamping Dies
Repairing Damaged Die Castings
Die Maintenance Documentation & Tracking
Dieroom Organization and Work Practices
Work Safely
An Overview of Press Safeguarding
Press Counterbalance Adjustment & Maintenance
Press Guarding for Shattered Die Fragments
The Great Manure Spreader Wreck -- Drive Safely
Press Wiring West Virginia Style
DIE FASTENING MODULES
Overview of Mechanical Die Fastening
Avoid Insecure and Improper Die Fastening
BASIC QUICK DIE CHANGE MODULES
Relationship of Quick Die Change to EOQ and JIT
Basic Good Diesetting Practices
PRESS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MODULES
Historical Overview of Press Development
Press Selection and Maintenance
Mechanical Press Types and Nomenclature
Transfer Press and Die Operations
Achieving and Maintaining Good Press Lubrication
Informal and Formal Press Inspection Procedures
Unsticking Presses Jammed on Bottom Dead Center
DIE SENSING AND FORCE MONITORING MODULES
Principles of Press Force or Tonnage Monitors
Load Cells and Strain Sensors for Power Press Applications
COIL FEEDING MODULES
Equipment for Decoiling and Straightening Stock
Press Stock Loop Control Methods and Devices
Press Coil Stock Feeding Devices
Choosing Metal Stamping Pressworking Lubricants
Franklin H. Knapp CMfgE, ME Consulting & Training
IMPORTANT NOTICE & DISCLAIMER
These technical materials are copyrighted. Some illustrations are used by permission and the source acknowledged in the figure caption. None of materials may be reproduced in any form including machine readable-abstract, without permission of the copyright owners. The author does not, by publication of the data, ensure to anyone the use of any information and such data contained herein, against liability of any kind, including infringement of any patent. Publication of any data does not constitute a recommendation of any patent or proprietary right that may be involved, or provide an endorsement of products or services. Correct safe practices vary according to the type of work being performed, and other factors beyond the control of the author. Insuring that safe practices are followed in the workplace cannot be made based on following the examples in any of these materials. Lawful safe practices may vary from one political jurisdiction to another. The responsibility for safe operation is to be determined by each plant’s management based on safety laws governing their operations, plant rules and good engineering practice. This determination is solely the responsibility of each plant’s management and each individual using the material.
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