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Jon Tirpak is the Executive Director of Forging Industry Association – Department of Defense Manufacturing Consortium. He is also immediate past president of ASM International. He may be reached at Advanced Technology International in Summerville, SC by calling 843-760-4346 or emailing jon.tirpak@ati.org.
FIA will hold its biennial Forge Fair May 21-23 at Cleveland’s Huntington Convention Center. This article, geared to the less experienced tradeshow attendee, will give you tips on how to make the most of your time on the exhibit floor and in the technical sessions.
Often hidden beneath the skins of military aircraft, forgings were nonetheless widely used in the engines, ordnance casings and landing-gear assemblies of historic military aircraft, just as they are at the present time.
Like any advanced manufacturing process or enterprise, process controls are critical in meeting the demanding customer requirements of forged products.
This article – the fourth in our series – concentrates on advanced raw materials, which add shape and value to materials ranging from specialty and microalloyed steels to metal-matrix composites.
This article will focus on induction heating and its place as an advanced and controlled thermal process enabled by a host of modular and modern heating units tailored for specific forged parts.
The second installment of our series will illustrate how modern forging equipment is both controlled and advanced, harnessing the forces of a hammer or a press.
Forging is not only an enduring industry, but it is also an advanced industry. Despite Western society’s disdain for old and improperly labeled “archaic” metalworking industries (such as foundry or forging), the U.S. forging industry is anything but archaic.
