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JOE LITTEL DESIGN Tool & Manufacturing Engineering

Selected work

Tools from the JLD board

Three production tools — strip, upper, lower, stripper, and assembly. Part numbers and customer identity stay off this page.

Progressive die

GI-210

Complete progressive tool: lower die with inserts and pilots, upper stripper, strip development through cutoff, and the closed assembly.

GI-210 progressive die assembly
Closed assembly Upper and lower shoes, guide posts, full station stack.
GI-210 lower die
Lower die Station inserts, pilots, and die buttons.
GI-210 upper stripper
Upper / stripper Punch retainers and stripper plate.
GI-210 strip layout
Strip layout Full progression from coil to cutoff.
GI-210 strip detail at cutoff
Strip detail Formed part leaving the carrier.

Form die

Tube form tool

Dedicated tube-form die with cooling circuits in the form stations. Upper, lower, and assembled views.

Tube form die assembly
Assembly Upper and lower with guide posts and cooling lines.
Tube form die upper
Upper Form details and copper cooling tubes.
Tube form die lower
Lower Form nest and return circuits.
Tube form die lower opposite view
Lower, opposite side Station blocks and water lines.

Progressive die

Job 2097

Triangular progression: strip development, lower die, upper, stripper, and closed tool.

2097 closed tool
Closed tool Upper shoe over the lower die.
2097 upper die
Upper Punch plates and guide posts.
2097 lower die
Lower Die sections along the strip path.
2097 stripper
Stripper Retainers and stripper plate.
2097 strip layout
Strip Blank through form to the finished triangle.

Special machine

Staking press

TOX-cylinder staking press from the JLD archive — concept through a buildable machine model.

TOX staking press
Staking press Frame, cylinder, and workholding.
TOX staking press opposite view
Opposite view Controls and ram stack.

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