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Kovove Materialy, vol.54, no.2, pp.125-131, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
In this study, the effects of sheet thickness and the punch-die clearance for blanking CuZn30 sheet material has been investigated experimentally, and estimations through fuzzy logic have been developed for those parameters affecting product quality. 1 mm and 2 mm thick CuZn30 sheet materials were used in the experiments. Blanking experiments were carried out by manufacturing a modular die that had six different clearance values (0.08 mm, 0.10 mm, 0.12 mm, 0.14 mm, 0.16 mm, and 0.18 mm). Blanking forces were determined using a load cell during the experiments. Consequently, in blanking operations, burr height increases with increasing clearance while blanking force and the smooth shear fracture rate decrease with increasing clearance.