ICkGING

lorglng rocess
W lorglng ls a process ln whlch maLerlal ls shaped
by Lhe appllcaLlon of locallzed compresslve forces
W forces may be exerLed manually or wlLh power
hammers presses or speclal forglng machlnes
W 1he process may be carrled ouL on maLerlals ln
elLher hoL or cold sLaLe
W When forglng ls done cold processes are glven
speclal names
W 1he Lerm forglng usually lmplles hoL forglng
carrled ouL aL LemperaLures whlch are above Lhe
recrysLalllzaLlon LemperaLure of Lhe maLerlal
lorglng rocess
W 1he process ls generally used Lo produce dlscreLe
parLs
W 1yplcal forged parLs lnclude rlveLs bolLs crane
hooks connecLlng rods gears Lurblne shafLs
hand Lools rallroads and a varleLy of sLrucLural
componenLs used Lo manufacLure machlnery
W 1he forged parLs have good sLrengLh and
Loughness
W 1hey can be used rellably for hlghly sLressed and
crlLlcal appllcaLlons
ommon lorglng rocesses
W Cpen dle hammer forglng
W lmpresslon dle drop forglng
W ress lorglng
W upseL lorglng
W Swaglng
W 8oLary lorglng
W 8oll forglng
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W Cpen dle forglng does noL conflne Lhe flow of
meLal
W 1he operaLor obLalns Lhe deslred shape of
forglng by manlpulaLlng Lhe work maLerlal
beLween blows
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W use may be made of some speclally shaped Lools
or a slmple shaped dle beLween Lhe work plece
and Lhe hammer or anvll Lo asslsL ln shaplng Lhe
requlred secLlons (round concave or convex)
maklng holes or performlng cuL off operaLlons
W 1hls process ls mosL ofLen used Lo make near
flnal shape of Lhe parL so LhaL some furLher
operaLlon done on Lhe [ob produces Lhe flnal
shape
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W lL ls Lhe slmplesL forglng process whlch ls qulLe
flexlble buL noL sulLable for large scale
producLlon
W lL ls a slow process
W 1he resulLlng slze and shape of Lhe forglng are
dependenL on Lhe sklll of Lhe operaLor
lotqloq lotce
ln open dle forglng operaLlon Lhe forglng force
l Lo be applled on a solld cyllndrlcal componenL
can be deLermlned from Lhe relaLlon
Where of ls Lhe flow sLress of Lhe maLerlal ls
Lhe coefflclenL of frlcLlon and d and h are Lhe
dlameLer and helghL of Lhe work plece
respecLlvely