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Abstract

The disclosure relates to a tool with a material layer on one or both sides, said tool having a cutting bell rigidly coupled to an upper forming punch and a drawing cushion coupled to a hold-down device, the upper forming punch and a lower forming punch being movable relative to one another to close the tool, and a first gap present between the cutting bell and the hold-down device when the tool is closed, and an end stop formed by the lower forming punch for a lower pressure piece that can be moved relative to it, that the sheet metal blank can be clamped between the upper and the lower pressure piece, and that during a relative movement between the lower forming punch and the lower pressure piece, the upper and the lower pressure piece remain in their position relative to one another clamping a sheet metal blank.

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