Land And Angular

CLEARANCE
LAND:

The inner walls of a die opening

are not usually made straight
through as the blanks or slugs tend
to get jammed inside, which may
result undue stress build up.This may
lead to the breakage of the punch
and die.
To avoid such situation the die
walls are kept straight only to a
certain amount from the cutting edge.
The straight wall is called
“ LAND”.
 An amount of 3mm land for stock thickness up to 3mm.
 For thicker materials equal to their sheet thickness.
ANGULAR CLEARANCE
OR ANGULAR RELIEF:

Generally,soft materials require

greater angular clearance than hard
materials. Soft thicker materials above
3mm require more angular clearance.
An angular Clearance of 1.5°per
side will meet the usual requirements.
 In special cases, the angular clearance extends from top to bottom of the
die wall completely eliminating the land.
 Dies employing an ejector to clear the blanks will have straight walls without
any angular clearance, as the blanks
do not get accumulated in the die.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Show diagrammatically what is land.
2. Land = ……………. mm for sheet thickness up to 3mm,
for thicker materials land = …………………………
3. Show diagrammatically angular clearance.
4. What is the normal value of angular clearance.
5. Draw the sectional front view of a die used to blank silicon steel, stainless
steel etc.