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part was stamped using a 3-station progressive GRIPflow®
Tool. The material is a high strength, low carbon hot rolled steel (SAE J1392 Grade 050). Section “A” shows 1 of 4 holes that required adding material to the thickness, we were able to extrude the area around the four 0.365” holes adding 0.250’ to the already existing 0.396” material thickness. Section “B” shows 1 of 2 0.400” holes close to the edge that have a web-section of 0.256” (approximately 65% of the material thickness). The part is used in a “axle support” mechanism within the Automotive Industry. GRIPflow® was an economical alternate to pressing special tapped fasteners to the four 0.365” holes and drilling the two 0.400” holes. |