A die set that has mountings that allow for rapid installation and removal. Also applies to inserted grips for bend dies that are attached to the radius block by a T-key instead of screws. Stacked tooling is a common alternative to quick-change tooling.
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A complete guide to the principles of the 4-Step set-up for tube-bending tools
This is a printable handbook showing how to implement in four standardized steps the “forward mandrel” set-up for rotary-draw tube-bending machines and establish process control over the so-called black art. The procedure is based upon the guiding principle that the tools make the bend and takes advantage of the inserted design of modern mandrel tooling.