Deep drawing design rules for production parts
Deep drawing design rules that decide whether a cup forms in one stroke: draw ratio, blank diameter, punch and die radii, clearance and tooling route.
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Manufacturing guides
Sheet metal manufacturing guides
The engineering behind stamped, laser-cut, formed, welded and coated parts: tolerances, tooling, coating failures and what a drawing needs before it can be quoted. Written and reviewed inside the Ganesh plants.
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12 kW fibre laser cutting: what it enables
What a 12 kW fibre laser changes from 1 mm to 20 mm, why the 40 ft bed removes welds, and where the extra power makes thin sheet worse.
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Bending for genset canopies and panels: skins, louvres, doors
Bend radii, return depths and corner details for genset canopy skins, louvre frames and access doors, with the coating and squareness checks that follow.
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How to select press tonnage for a sheet metal part
Size a press from cut perimeter, thickness and shear strength. Worked tonnage for CRCA, stainless and aluminium, plus the 80% load rule.
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Elevator buffer bracket: design, materials and manufacturing
An elevator buffer bracket carries the car's buffer reaction into the pit: the 665 J impact case, a 7 kN design load, 12–16 mm plate and a level seating face.
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Bending for rack frames and cabinets: 19-inch geometry
How bend position and radius set 19-inch rack geometry: rail pitch, rack-unit alignment, door fit, earthing and the coating spec a data centre buyer asks for.
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Laser cutting tolerances for OEM parts: kerf, holes and flatness
Thickness-by-thickness laser cutting tolerances for OEM parts, where the millimetres come from, and how to dimension a DXF so the cut passes first-off.
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Laser-cut and bent enclosures
How a 19-inch rack enclosure is cut, bent, coated and inspected: fixed dimensions, a rail deflection example, coating specification and the FAI record.
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Equipment enclosure manufacturing: route, fixturing, inspection
How an equipment enclosure is manufactured in 1.6–3.0 mm CRCA: gauge rules, bend deductions, weld sequence, coating and the inspection points that stop rework.
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