Dinking operations

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Dinking is similar to blanking in that it is used to cut pieces out of material, yet different in that this procedure is used to cut through soft materials such as soft metals, leather, paper, and rubber, which are difficult to cut with the other common shearing operations used for steels and metals.[1]

[edit] Process

Dinking operations use special dies called dinking dies, or hollow cutters. They have to be designed differently to punch through this softer material. The edges of the dies are usually beveled about 20 degrees outside and are quite sharp. The material is punched through into a wood or soft metal block in order to keep the edges sharp.[2]

MS Paint drawing I made to illustrate the Dinking Process
MS Paint drawing I made to illustrate the Dinking Process [3]

[edit] Value

The manufacturing of gaskets.[4], shoes, cardboard boxes and other products made out of rubber, paper, and other soft materials is possible through dinking. It represents the less "mechanical" aspects of manufacturing processes, which tend to center on the manufacturing of steel and other metal products.

[edit] Other information

"Dinking" is also a term used to describe similar manufacturing processes, such as blanking and die casting in general. This term must be falling out of use due to the other uses of word "dink" or "dinking around" in slang.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fundamentals of Manufacturing By Philip D. Rufe 2001
  2. ^ American Machinists’ Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms by Fred H. Colvin and Frank A Stanley 1914
  3. ^ Tyler Anderson
  4. ^ Fundamentals of Manufacturing By Philip D. Rufe 2001

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  • Tyler Anderson "DINKING PROCESS1.jpg"
  • Google Books: pg. 201 Fundamentals of Manufacturing By Philip D. Rufe 2001 [2]