Sheet Metal Stamping Simulation

(1) The thickness of sheet or the diameter of wire. The various standards are arbitrary and differ with regard to ferrous and nonferrous products as well as sheet and wire. (2) An aid for visual inspection that enables an inspector to determine more reliably whether the size or contour of a formed part meets dimensional requirements. (3) “The ability of a material to under go plastic deformation without fracture. The ability of sheet metal to be changed into a useful shape” (Automotive Steel Partnership, 1991, p. 8). (4.) A device used to position work in a die accurately. Another name for a checking fixture which is used to check parts.

Source: The OHIO State University