Needle in Die Breaking: Causes & Fixes

[Andreii]

Hola
Regarding the cold heading process I have a question and would appreciate an answer a lot. The wire, from which is bolt made, is alloy-steel but the machine is old. I have been seeing many times breakage of needle inside the die and I figured out what was the cause, I even fixed it on my own but now I need some deeper understanding why exactly this thing, which I will mentoin in my next sentence, caused the problem and how come it worked what has been implemented - I didn't believe I will solve the problem in that way.
The cause was too small deviation (deviation = ''amount'' of empty air) between wire and tool for cold heading. There was not enough air and the cutted part of wire (knife has nothing to do with my question) probably couldn't move ''freely''. So what I did was just adjustment of this deviation (empty air) between wire and cold heading tool. Now the needle doesn't break anymore. However I would need some deeper understanding why was this cause, why needle in the die has been breaking and how come that this adjustment actually fixed the problem?

Hopefully this post could be also suggestion what to do (though this suggestion could be obvious for some people) if anyone else will have the same problem.

 

[Navin A S]

The issue you encountered is a common problem when working with cold heading machines. The wire needs to have a certain amount of space between it and the tool in order for the cutting process to be successful. If there is too little space between the wire and the tool, the wire cannot move freely and the needle in the die will be subject to a significant amount of stress. This can cause the needle to break. The solution that you implemented was to adjust the amount of space between the wire and the tool. This allowed the wire to move freely and prevented the needle from breaking. The reasoning behind this solution is that by increasing the amount of space between the wire and the tool, the wire can move freely without being subjected to unnecessary stress. This reduces the risk of the needle breaking due to excess strain. It is important to note that when adjusting the space between the wire and the tool, care must be taken to ensure that the adjustment is not too extreme. If the space is too large, the wire may not be cut correctly, which could lead to poor quality results.