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Gujranwala Tools, Dies and Moulds

Centre (GTDMC)
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
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INTRODUCTION

Gujranwala Tools, Dies and Moulds Centre (GTDMC) is modern engineering centre established
by TUSDEC to provide training, consultancy, design, machining and manufacturing services to
the local industry.

Objective

 To deliver the finest engineering and skill development solutions to industry

 To apply the latest technologies and creativity to help industry upgrade, develop designs and
improve its products
 To offer solutions that help industry increase its competitiveness

Services

GTDMC offers comprehensive engineering solutions for industry. Their team has many years of
experience in commercial product design, parts, machining, tool making, die making, Moulds
making, heat treatment and surface texturing as well as all aspects of manufacturing
development. They have complete range of solutions for,

 Advanced level engineering projects – from concept to the end product

 Consumer, commercial, medical, sports and industrial products and parts manufacturing
 High, medium, and low volume manufacturing environments
 Product design, fully or semi-automated machining, tooling plus fundamental manufacturing
process development
 New product development, 3D modeling and prototyping
 Low and high volume fabrication and manufacturing through our select domestic and overseas
partners
 Product Design & Development Services including CAD assisted conceptualization & Reverse
Engineering
 3D Modeling and CAD Services
 Drawing, Draughting & Design Documentation Services
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 Engineering Analysis Services including FEM, FEA, Molds Flow and many others
 Metrology & Measurement Services including custom 3D scanning, reverse engineering, CMM,
First Article Inspection, custom quality inspection and reporting
 Vendor Selection, Qualification & Manufacturing Consulting Services
 Rapid Prototyping Services including 3D Scanning, 3D Printing & Selective Laser Sintering
 Rapid Manufacturing Services including direct CNC machining & Selective Laser Sintering
 Precision EDM and WEDM Services
 CNC Machining Services including 5 axis vertical machining, horizontal machining, milling,
turning, surface and cylindrical grinding, turret milling, radial drilling etc
 Tool, Die, Moulds, Jig, Fixture and Gauge Making Services
 Sheet Metal Laser Cutting Services
 Heat Treatment Services including Vacuum Hardening, Carburizing, Nit-riding, Tempering and
Carbon-nitriding
 Surface Texturing Services including custom and standard textures for Moulds and inserts
 Precision Laser Marking Services
 High Volume Fabrication Services including part machining, manufacturing and precision parts
supply on order

The Majors Workshops:

1. Simultaneous 5-Axis Cnc Machining

2. Rapid Prototyping & Rapid Manufacturing

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Figure 1: 3D printer

3. Computerized Laser Cutting & Marking

 Laser Cutting Machine

TYPE: Laser Powered CAD Operated Cutting Machine

APPLICATIONS:

• Rapid Laser cutting of metal sheets

• Cuts intricate profiles with ease in many materials

• Ideal replacement for sheet metal cutting dies

FEATURES:

• Work Piece Sizes: 3000 x 1500 x 115 mm

• Cut-able Sheet Thickness: MS 20 mm, SS 15 mm, Alu 10 mm

• Axis Travel Speed: X,Y 120 m/min, Diagonal Speed: 170m/min

• Positioning Accuracy: ±0.1 mm

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• Rated Power: 4000 W

Figure 2: Laser cutting

Laser Marking Machine

TYPE: Precision Marking Machine

APPLICATIONS:

• Mark barcodes, all kinds of symbols, date, codes etc.

• Circular marking with rotary attachment

FEATURES:

• Laser Power: 10 W, Air-Cooled, Wavelength: 1064 nm

• Marking Area: 120x120 mm

• Characters: TIF, Single, Double and Triple Line Fonts

• Line, circle, rectangle, polygon, all surface elements filled or unfilled

• IGS, DXF, BMP, JPG, PCX, WMF, EPS, TIF

• Comprehensive software
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Figure 3: Laser Marking

4. Vacuum Heat Treatment

 Vacuum Nitriding Machine:

Horizontal Chamber Furnace for Nitriding

Nitro-Carburizing & Tempering:

• Usable Dimensions H, W, D: 600, 600, 900 mm

• Work Load Capacity: 750 kg

• Max working temperature: 750 C

• Working temperature range: 150 to 700 C

• Vacuum level: 1 X 10-1 mbar

• Gas pressure: 0.5 m3 to 3 m3

Materials for Vacuum Nitriding:

• Alloy steels (improves corrosion resistance)

• Tool steels

• Mould and die steels

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• Stainless steels

• PH steels

• Carbon steels

• Nitralloys

Applications:

• Nitriding, Nitro-Carburizing, Low Pressure Carburizing & High Pressure Gas Quenching,
Hardening, Annealing, Normalizing, Tempering, Stress relieving.

• Vacuum environment for best surface finish, zero oxidation, minimizes post heat treatment,
reduces war page and stresses.

Figure 4: Vacuum heat treatment

5. Low Pressure Carburizing with High-Pressure Gas Quenching Machine:

• Dual Chamber Furnace for Low Pressure

Carburizing & High Pressure Gas Quenching:

• Usable Dimensions H, W, D: 600, 600, 900 mm

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• Work Load Capacity: 750 kg

• Working temperature: 1350 C

• Working Temperature (vacuum heating):600-1300 C

• Working Temperature (convection heating): 150-800 C

• Temperature uniformity required: ± 5 C

• Entering gas pressure: 0.5 bar

• Vacuum level: 1 X 10-5 mbar

• Vacuum Chamber: Fe 430 b

• Thermal Insulations: Graphite + CFC Layer

• Inert gas quenching pressure: 20 bar

• Fully automatic software controlled carburizing cycle

Materials for Vacuum Carburizing:

• Low to Mid-carbon Alloy Steels: 33, 41, 43, 46, 48, 86, 93 series.

• Specialized Steels: Pyrowear 53, 675; CSS-42L, CBS-223 (X2M), M50-Nil

• Stainless Steels

• Ultra High Strength Steels: Ferrium C61, Ferrium C64, Aeromet 100

• Tool Steels: H grade

• Mould Steels: P grade

Features:

• Most modern Vacuum Heat Treatment Equipment

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6. Surface Texturing
Surface finish, also known as surface texture or surface topography, is the nature of a
surface as defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and
waviness. It comprises the small, local deviations of a surface from the perfectly flat
ideal (a true plane).
7. CMM Inspection

Figure 5: Coordinate measuring machine (CMM)