Here’s a look at the five most viewed articles on FORGE’s website in 2017 (based on page views from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31).

Western Forge Corporation of Colorado Springs, Colo., is a producer of quality hand tools. They recently upgraded their blast-cleaning operations by investing in new equipment from Blast Cleaning Technologies.

A vanadium-tungsten carbide hardfacing alloy for extreme abrasion is available as an open-arc welding wire.

Additive-manufacturing (AM) technologies have drawn a lot of attention and investment from the manufacturing community in recent years. This article presents an overview of AM processes, including their economic and operational advantages and constraints.

Of all hardfacing applications, tool-and-die repairs are one of the most metallurgically challenging. What makes it so challenging is the metallurgy of the base materials and their compatibility with the hardfacing products, as well as the post-weld heat treatments required.

HOCUT 4440 is formulated for the automotive, general machining and grinding markets for use on ferrous metals such as cast iron, ductile iron and steels.

As an advanced manufacturing industry, forging can benefit from the development of advanced alloys used in its products and in the dies it uses to forge them.