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Simulation/Information Technology

Designing Forgings with Digital Thermomechanical Analysis

Piotr Skubisz Lukasz Lisiecki Magdalena Wolk
To stay competitive, forgers must continuously integrate advanced manufacturing technologies into their production. Long gone are the days when forging was simply a means of shaping metal. …
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Weber Metals’ New 60,000-Ton Hydraulic Press

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Dean M. Peters
At the FIERF 32nd Technical Conference held last September in Long Beach, Calif., Weber Metals’ Justin Owen made a presentation about the process by which OTTO FUCHS (OF)/Weber Metals made …
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Quenching & Cooling

HDPE Cooling Towers Take the Heat

The forging industry has achieved an impressive place in the North American industrial economy by producing components with unique benefits that are difficult to duplicate by any other metalworking process. …
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California Hosts 32nd FIERF Technical Conference

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Dean M. Peters
Long Beach, Calif., is perhaps best known as the retirement home of the legendary cruise ship Queen Mary, which is permanently moored there and is currently an operating hotel and …
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Forging Quality Control

Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Capability for Steel Manufacturing

David R. Forrest
In this case study, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is working in partnership with Purdue University Northwest and steel-industry stakeholders to use their high-performance computing (HPC) modeling, simulation and visualization …
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Forging Quality Control

Metrology Update: Scanning vs. CMMs

Matthew Martin
For more than 50 years, the benchmark for accuracy in measuring solid objects – whether machined, molded, die cast, welded or forged – was the coordinate measuring machine (CMM). …
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Handling

Rethinking Your Shotblasting Process

In today’s challenging business climate, with company cultures changing and growing quickly, the important focus on safety and reliability has changed how we need to think about the equipment we …

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