The austenitic stainless steels require greater forging pressures than carbon and alloy steels. They exhibit workhardening behavior at higher temperatures, and their forging temperature ranges are narrower. Neither forging pressure nor the forgeability of austenitic stainless steels is influenced significantly by deformation rates. <Read in Full>
Forging of Aluminum Alloys - Process and Operation Aluminum alloys can be forged into a variety of shapes and virtually all sizes required. Forging of aluminum alloys requires the use of dies specially designed for these alloys. Temperature control of dies for forging aluminum is critical. A lubricant is necessary in forging aluminum alloys… <Read in Full>
Forging of Selected Heat-Resistant alloys Heat-resistant alloys, such as iron-based Alloys, cobalt-based alloys and nickel-based alloys belong to the groups that are most difficult to forge. In addition to very high flow stresses, they have limited ductility and narrow temperature range for hot working. Most heat-resisting alloys can be forged by either conventional forging, or isothermal forging, or combination… <Read in Full>
Forging of Titanium & Alloys (1) - General There are three general types of titanium-base alloys: α-alloys; α, β-alloys; and β-alloys. Transformation of those phases goes at approximately 1625°F from α to β during heating. forging temperature plays a vital important role for α, β-Alloys, while for α-alloys, the strength level is not influenced greatly by forging temperature… <Read in Full>
Forging R&D Roadmap: Summary Session Key direction is to develop "smart forging systems". Critical research is required for this purpose to improve the industry's fundamental understanding of its materials and equipment and its ability to accurately model, simulate, monitor, and control process technologies. <Read in Full>
Forging R&D Roadmap: Executive Summary In order to identify and analyze the technologies that are needed to achieve the strategic targets, the industry has prepared the Forging Industry Technology Roadmap in to provide a blueprint of the required research and technology milestones. The roadmap provides a tactical plan that ties the strategic targets contained in the vision to the actual research portfolio that will be pursued by the industry through collaborative R&D and other mechanisms. <Read in Full>
