with over a century of service and expertise in slitter tool manufacturing, american and international industries such as service centers, steel mills, expanded metal manufacturers, and pipe & tube mills have relied on cowles tool for the design and development of quality, high-performing precision...
in forming dies. the pad is used to grip the sheet metal against the punch or die steel. the functions of the pad are as follows: ( ) to hold the sheet metal in proper location during forming. ( ) to hold the sheet metal flat. during forming, the areas not being formed tend to bow or otherwise distort...