Patent ID: 6935154

Claim:
A method for accurately positioning a workpiece in a joggle die system, comprising the steps of: placing the workpiece between a set of joggle dies in the joggle die system; moving a back gage plate assembly that includes a back gage plate into contact with the workpiece; adjusting the back gage plate to a preselected position out of contact with the joggle dies and in contact with the workpiece; adjusting the position of the back gage plate assembly in relation to a datum position on the joggle dies to a preselected position to accurately position the workpiece between the dies so that a joggle can be formed at a preselected location of the workpiece; locking the back gage plate assembly into the preselected position; clamping the workpiece into place between the joggle dies; moving the back gage plate to a stored position outside of a working area of the dies; and cycling the joggle dies to form a joggle at the preselected location of the workpiece.