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In a FIERF-sponsored project, a professor and two of her students developed and tested a model that predicts individual die loads in multiple die situations.
Additive manufacturing techniques are no longer in their infancy. They are quickly emerging into serious options for the production of metallic parts. Forge shops should keep a watchful eye on this unfolding technology, both as a competitor and as an opportunity.
The global forging industry
experienced a first on Nov. 10, 2011, when this publication hosted “FORGExpo
2011: An International Virtual Event,” the forging industry’s first virtual
trade exhibition. The event featured a lineup of speakers, exhibitors and
social networking options in an online graphic interface at which papers were
presented and online Q&A sessions were held in real time.
A new tool design and die assembly developed in Germany has the ability to form flashless, near-net-shape forgings and pierce the workpiece all in one stroke.
