Stamping is a kind of plastic forming process in which a part is produced by means of the plastic forming of the material under the action of a die.Stamping is usually carried out under cold state,so it is also called cold stamping.Heat stamping is used only when the blank thickness is greater than 8-100mm.The blank material for stamping is usually in the form of sheet or strip,and therefore it is also called sheet metal forming.Some non-metal sheets(such as plywood,mica sheet,asbestos,leather) can also be formed by stamping.Stamping is widely used in various fields of the metalworking industry,and it plays a crucial role in the industries for manufacturing automobiles,instruments,military parts and household electrical appliances,etc.The process,equipment and die are the three foundational problems that needed to be studied in stamping. The manufacture of the stamping die is costly,and therefore it only fits to mass production.For the manufacture of products in small batch and rich variety,the simple stamping die and the new equipment such as a stamping machining center, are usually adopted to meet the market demands.
