1. Cutting
Cutting and trimming refers to all operations designed to produce components that are shaped and then assembled to make a device or a more complex assembly. In general :
cutting refers to operations carried out mechanically (shearing, punching, sawing, etc.);
cutting refers to thermal cutting operations (plasma, laser, etc.).
1.1 Shearing
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Guillotine shearing (figure 1 )
Shearing generally involves cutting sheets to obtain smaller blanks, or cutting a coil crosswise to transform it into sheets. For austenitic stainless...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Définition et classification des aciers (A 02-025). - NF EN 10020 - 1989
- Stainless steels – Part 1: list of stainless steels (A 35-572). - NF EN 10088-1 - 1995
- Steel designation systems – Part 1: symbolic designation. - NF EN 10027-1 - 2017
- Steel designation systems – Part 2: digital system. - NF EN 10027-2 - 2015
- Stainless steels – Part 2:...
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