Simplified Sheet Metal Concepts & Design

Dear Readers,

Thanks for making my other books #1 best sellers on Amazon!
This book is written with more than 1000 years of experience... I mean it...
I have many friends in my personal and professional networks who contributed to this book. They earned huge experience by working at world's largest companies. If we add their experiences then it would easily cross 1000 years. That's the reason I took long time to come up with this book, to respect their guidance and to provide maximum benefits to you.
In this book, you will learn about the latest industrial technologies, also you will get exposures to very interesting & important future technologies, like:

• Impact of Electric Vehicle (EV) on sheet metal industry
• Bionic design for sheet metals - popular in aerospace and coming soon to automotive

With help of more than 436 figures , I have tried to bring almost everything I was advised to bring for you. You can test your learning with 290 MCQ. A quick glimpse will get you an idea about the quality and comprehensiveness of the book.
I am sure, this book will become an asset for you, and you would read it multiple times to enjoy, comprehend the information, knowledge and industry insights provided in this book.
Have a wonderful learning experience!Ashok Kumar

What should you expect from this book...

1. Introduction- Manufacturing & applications2. Cutting sheet metals- Cutting technologies (shear, sawing, laser, plasma, & waterjet)- Types of cutting (slitting, cutoff & parting, punching & blanking, notching, saving, & lancing)- Deciding cut sequence3. Forming sheet metals- Bending (air bending, spring back, neutral axis & K-factor, offset, bottoming, 3-point, edge/wipe, roll, elastomer/geurin, joggle, folding, flanging & flaring)- Air bend force chart- Other forming processes (Extrusion, Stamping, Stretching, Drawing, Ironing, Embossing, Coining, SPF, EXF, MPF, EHF, Hydro, RPF, Roll, Peen, & Spinning)4. Joining sheet metals- Electric arc welding (MAW, GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, PAW, CAW, & SAW)- Electric resistance welding (spot seam, & projection)- Gas flame welding- Laser beam welding (LBW)- Electron beam welding (EBW)- Solid state friction stir & ultrasound welding- Weld design (butt, lap, corner, tee, & plug)- Brazing & soldering- Riveting- Fasteners (bolts, nuts, screws, tacks)- Clinching- Seaming- Adhesive bonding5. Designing sheet metal products- Sheet metal designing (bend radius, bend relief, hole/slot size & location, extruded hole, curl, hem, notches & tabs, fillets, countersink holes, lance/louver design, emboss/bed/rib design)- Advanced design concepts (edge, flange, gussets, ribs, chamfer, wrapped corners, collars, coining & embossing)- Material selection (ferritic/austenitic/martensitic/duplex stainless steels, drawing steel, HSS, 1st, 2nd & 3rd generations AHSS, UHSS, & PHS)- Aluminium sheets in automotive-BIW- Sheet thickness & tolerances- Design for manufacturing-DFM & product life cycle5. Finishing sheet metal products- Deburring- Sand blasting- Plating (anodizing, zinc plating/galvanizing, nickel, zinc-nickel, chrome, tin, designing for plating)- Coating (chromate conversion, passivation, powder coating)- Automotive examples7. Drafting of sheet metal parts- Drafting rules- Band lines, direction, & radius- Hole/bend charts- Flat pattern layout- Welding symbols- Notes & other sectionsAppendices - Future ahead

• Bionic design
• Electric vehicles

Enjoy the core of engineering!