These stakes are available in various lengths and weights.
Staking sheet metal.
Staking is a method of fastening usually sheet metal by squeezing protrusion formed in one part inside a hole in the second part and then deforming the protrusion.
We carry peddinghaus iron mountain and pieh tool brands.
Figure 1 mandrel stake.
The minimum thickness for any one sheet in the assembly is 0 1 millimeter and the entire stack can be up to 12 millimeters thick.
These stakes are used primarily for shaping and making seams in flat and rolled sheet metal for ventilation ducting containers and other tinsmith work.
One workpiece has a hole in it while the other has a boss that fits within the hole.
Metal forming stakes metal forming stakes are used in sheet metal projects when working with metals such as copper gold silver and tin.
The boss is very slightly undersized so that it forms a slip fit.
This stake is a single horizontal metal bar.
The tools consist of a punch and a die.
They also are frequently used in auto body repairs.
Clinching will not damage anticorrosive coatings on the metal and an adhesive or other material can be located between the sheets.
The 900 series tools above as well as other standard stakes are still available as there is still a lot of industrial sheet metal work being done.
The flat length has a slot cut in it which permits the stake to be fastened directly to the bench.
Staking manufacturing staking is the process of connecting two components by creating an interference fit between the two pieces.