Forging of metal

Are you interested in forging metals, steels and alloys — characteristics and methods — from the supplier company AvecGlob? Here you will find interesting information on this topic.

Forging technology

Forging refers to the technology of the third redistribution of metal, and is used in engineering industries to produce blanks of various shapes and sizes. The result of forging is the receipt of forgings — semi-finished products, the configuration of which approximates the original products, or it is convenient for the subsequent operations of metal forming (OMD) — stamping, disembarking, extrusion, molding, etc. Thus, forging refers to the procuring operations of hot OMD.

Forging is divided into open and closed. When the forging is open, the initial workpiece is subjected to plastic compression on a flat, level surface. Such forging provides only a reduction of metal — a reduction in the height of the workpiece, while increasing its transverse dimensions. The deformation forces are small in this case.

With closed forging, deformation of metals and alloys is performed using the simplest imitation tools — stamps. Varieties of closed forging are considered to be transitions of firmware, incisions, twisting, cutting, drafting, disembarkation. Since the flow of metal is limited by the walls of the stamps, friction forces arise, which lead to an increase in the deforming forces. Nevertheless, closed forging allows not only to approximate the shape of the workpiece to the shape and dimensions of the forging, but also contributes to the improvement of the macrostructure of the metal — it becomes more fine-grained and oriented.

Urgency of application

Forging methods are widely used in various branches of machine building, which is engaged in processing large by weight and size billets: shipbuilding, heavy machine-tool building, the production of powerful turbines and engines, transport engineering, etc. Free forging of small billets is used in tool production in order to obtain a favorable microstructure of the metal, especially instrumental high-speed and alloy steels.

Supplier — AvekGlob Company — offers at affordable prices from the manufacturer various metals and alloys successfully subjected to various forging operations, in the quantity and assortment required by the customer. The supplier guarantees the timely delivery of products to any address specified by the consumer

Equipment

Forging leads to:

Forging hammers (steam-air — for large billets and pneumatic — for small ones);

Hydraulic presses (forgings of especially large sizes that are found in power engineering and shipbuilding);

Vertical or horizontal forging machines (used for large-scale or mass production of blanks).

The choice of equipment is based on the nominal impact energy (hammers), the maximum force developed by the drive (press), or by the largest diameter of the initial billet (other forging machines).

Advantages and limitations of the process

Free forging provides an efficient redistribution of metal by the volume of the billet, shortening the processing time, reducing the labor intensity and the number of offsets generated in the blank production. The improvement in the structure of the metal deformed during forging promotes the improvement of the quality of the semi-finished products. At the same time for forging high losses of metal in waste are characteristic.

Supplier — AvekGlob Company — offers to purchase various metals and alloys processed by forging technology, in any quantity and in a nomenclature of sizes. Products can be bought at a price formed on the basis of European and world standards of production. Implementation is possible in bulk and retail, for regular customers, a flexible system of discounts operates.