Die Care And Maintenance

Course contents

1. Factors that affect die life.
2. Die failure mechanism.

a. Gross cracking.

b. Thermal fatigue.

c. Erosion, soldering and cavitation.

3 Operational factors

a. Pre heating.

b. Temperature and temperature control.

c. Die spray and internal cooling.

d. Minimizing solder and scarp.

4 Inspection.

5 Handling.

6 Cleaning.

7 Polishing.

8 Welding.

9 Storage.