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Fin Dies Overview

 

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Burr Oak Tool Inc. has been the industry leader in designing and building fin dies since the early 1960s. Our engineers will work closely with you to design and build your fin die to meet your specific heat transfer requirement. The dies can also be equipped with rapid die change options to provide more flexible and accurate production capabilities.

Fin dies designed and manufactured by Burr Oak Tool are consistent. They are accurate, able to maintain close tolerances and perform within the demanding specifications required by intricate fin design. Oak fin dies are dependable, both in creating quality fins each stroke of the press, and in producing superb product for many years.

Burr Oak Tool offers three main types of dies.

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Standard Draw Type Fin Dies

bulletDrawless Type Fin Dies

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Special Purpose Dies

 

 

 

Click on a tab below to view the Advantages of Oak Fin Dies.

Economic Advantages

  • Highly Accurate dies mean more product per square foot of stock and less scrap

 
  • Tooling savings with flexible die design - a single die is capable of meeting a large range of fin design requirements - various collar spacing, row widths and material types

 
  • Labor savings - Hydraulic slit selector clamps (gaggable tooling) allow one operator versus two to make a change.

 
  • Heavy duty - Dies made of A-11 steel for longer tool life, less need to sharpen. This means less production dowtime, especially when running abrasive materials.
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Technical Advantages

 
  • Flexible die design provides collars up to 1-1/2 fins per inch height.

 

  • Quality- Adjustable reflair station provides controlled fin stack height.

 
  • Consistency - Hydraulic slit selector clamps (gaggable tooling) provide a positive, locked position throughout operation versus hand screws.
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User Advantages

 
  • Safety - Hydraulic slit selector clamps (gaggable tooling) allow safer changeover because the guards stay in place, the clamps move to a positive locked position, and simple "on/off" switch activates the hydraulic clamp

 
  • More safety - Touch screen slit selection eliminates need to climb the machine
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