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Heating

Increase Die Life with Lubes and Coatings

Srikar P. Shenoy S.P. Shenoy
Protective coatings continue to play a major role in increasing productivity and reducing costs in hot forging and heat treatment. This paper presents details and successful case studies of three …
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Quenching & Cooling

Optimized Cooling Rates of Microalloyed Steels (Part II)

The first part of this article ran in the December 2019 issue. It gave an overview of a challenge facing forgers of microalloyed steels – controlled cooling! …
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How Hatebur Solved a Shearing Production Problem

For decades, automotive component makers have relied on hot forging presses and shearing systems to transform metal bars into high-quality parts such as drive shafts, gear wheels and bearing rings, …
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Forging Quality Control

Proper Use of IR Temperature Sensors (Part II)

L. Terry Clausing
Part I of this article considered the technology of measuring temperature through the infrared radiation of a heated metal mass and some of the misconceptions and inaccuracies that may be …
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Handling

Top 5 Articles of 2019

Do you ever find yourself asking the question, “I wonder what people are reading on FORGE’s website?” If the answer is “yes,” you’re in the right place. …
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Quenching & Cooling

Optimized Cooling Rates of Microalloyed Steels (Part I)

James Miller John Walters C.J. Van Tyne
This article covers the vexing problem of properly cooling forged microalloyed steels. This first of two parts will discuss the technical and business benefits of forged microalloyed steels. …
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Presses

Shaping Future Innovations with Radial Forging

Brad Fair Robert Koppensteiner Martin Auer
As recently as the first half of the last century, a young engineer was not sure if he should pursue his passion for the emerging new aircraft engine industry or …

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