Subject: Re: Hammer Dies

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 12:51:24 -0500

To All,
The radius on the dies actually helps in the working of the material. They
work a greater proportion of the cross section and the material moves faster
with less energy. Flat dies only worl the surface layers and that can lead to
some problems with internal bursting if taken to the extreme. I have seen die
sets with both radiused and flat areas for what I think would be the best of
both worlds.

Bill Hochella