This FIERF-sponsored project experimentally investigated some of the fundamental aspects of using forging or other deformation techniques as post-processes to additively manufactured (AM) metals.

Hot-forging dies should display high strength, toughness and low wear. Plastic deformation and wear of the dies lead to their costly refitting or disposal. This article analyzes the role of circumferential press-fit rings on the plastic deformation and wear of a die employed in the production of spherical milling bodies.