Guidelines for precision hot forging with applications

The economic pressures from alternative processes, international competitio n and government regulation have made precision hot forging an attractive o ption for the forging industry. The forging process is exceedingly complex with many variables. However, new tools have made it possible to simulate a nd control the forging process to a degree not thought possible in the past . As a result, we believe it is now possible to produce highly accurate for gings that were once achievable only by cold forging. (C) 2000 Elsevier Sci ence S.A. All rights reserved.