Digital Strip Layout Design of Multi-Station Progressive Die

Strip Layout design plays a key role in multi-station progressive die design, and the traditional method of designing layout is complicated, timewasting. To design layout of progressive die with PDW is efficient, easy to be modified. In this paper, the process of building layout is discussed. First of all, sheet metal should be pretreated to build immediate stage, and the suitable method can be chosen to unfold sheet metal according the configuration feature of the product. Secondly, it needs to build the assembly structure of progressive die, called initialization. Thirdly, with tools including Blank Generator, Blank Layout, Scrap Design, and Strip Layout to finish layout design. In the end, the paper takes a sheet metal for instance to finish the layout. The method of designing layout with PDW improves the traditional method’s deficiencies, and improves the efficiency greatly.