Water Pump Pliers Manufacturing Process
What is a Water Pump Pliers?
Water pump pliers are multipurpose tools used for spinning nuts and bolts, grabbing unusual items, and fastening parts. These pliers often have serrated jaws to ensure a tight grip. They also have a lap joint or box joint, and some may include a push button for precision adjustment. Furthermore, these instruments are designed with ergonomic handles to prioritise user comfort while working. When a strong and trustworthy grip is required, these pliers are the ideal choice.
15 Step Water Pump Pliers Manufacturing Process
Trucks transport raw material from the steel factory. The tool steel is kept on a stock rack. Up to 1,200 tonnes of steel wires delivered in coils can be kept here.
The press cuts the pliers steel longitudinally, always at the same length. The original circular shape has the advantage of taking less time to heat up. As a result, the material undergoes less stress, and the forging quality increases.
At the commencement of the forging process, each piller is heated to about 1,000 degrees Celsius. Our water pump pliers transfer red-hot steel to our forging hammers. The hammer's impact force shapes the steel between two die halves.
The shape of the subsequent pair of water pump pliers may be observed in the red-hot forged portion. However, the steel pieces must cool before they can be further treated.
Die forging works by introducing more red-hot steel into the hollow mould of the die than is required. When the hammer impacts, the extra material is forced out through the joint between the two die halves, thereby sealing the gap in the closing die. This provides the high pressures required for filigree forging (e.g., writings) in forgings.
Next, the extra material must be removed. The ridge press shop removes extra steel from the plier halves. Employees use a ridge press to insert the forged blank. You position the tools, cutting plate, and punch perfectly. Certain tolerances must be maintained. Deburring is a cutting procedure. Ridge presses use considerable effort to remove the ridge from the pliers handle.
Our water pump pliers anticipate the initial surface treatment during blasting. Employees place the plier pieces on a conveyor that goes to the blasting drum. There, an abrasive thrown over the surface eliminates the scale formed by the previously applied heat. After that, our water pump pliers feel smooth, almost like they're completed. The stamping operation in the calibrating press shapes the plier pieces into the desired form.
Our water pump plier parts have been deburred and calibrated. The fundamental framework of the pliers is complete. The plier halves enter the laser system. The laser beam is precisely concentrated and slices through the pliers.
The next step for the plier halves is the rotary indexing machine (RIM).
Now it is time to temper the plier halves. When the baskets come out of the oven, they are transferred to an oil basin filled with plier halves. This is referred to as "quenching".
The teeth of a pair of pliers require a certain hardness. The teeth of the tempered water pump pliers are heated with a high frequency current. The teeth flare again and are shortly quenched. The plier halves are then tempered again at low temperatures.
The last procedure for separating the pliers' pieces is electroplating or zinc phosphating. We can guarantee a long service life for both variants.
The outer and inner portions are joined here. For the first time, the push button adjustment is applied in the next step. Employees put the lock portion, button, and spring in the correct location.
The plier's jaw is treated on the grinding belt, and the pliers' heads sparkle. After polishing, each plier head is thoroughly inspected.
The pliers from the original version enter the immersion system. Here, the handles are submerged in a liquid plastic paste. It adheres to the handles in such a manner that a plastic handle is formed after drying.
In the second iteration, the pliers' handles are composed of multi-component sleeves. During assembly, staff grip the pliers and apply the appropriate quantity of glue to the sleeves and handles.
Initially, the piece number and other letters are printed on the handles. The pliers are then transported through an oven via a belt. The complete technique is known as dabber printing.
Employees now oil the pliers to prevent them from rusting. Following that, personnel from the finishing line package the pliers. Depending on the order, the pliers are delivered in single or six-pack boxes.
Water Pump Pliers Production Machine
Fast Hydraulic Press
Horizontal milling machine
Groove milling machine
