Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 8th in SI Units by Pearson

Chapter 14

Metal-forging Processes and Equipment

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Open-die Forging

14.3 Impression-die and Closed-die Forging

14.4 Various Forging Operations

14.5 Forgeability of Metals; Forging Defects

14.6 Die Design, Die Materials, and Lubrication

14.7 Die-manufacturing Methods and Die Failures

14.8 Forging Machines

14.9 Economics of Forging

Example:

14.1 Calculation of Forging Force in Upsetting

Case Studies:

14.1 Manufacture of a Stepped Pin by Heading and Piercing Operations

14.2 Suspension Components for the Lotus Elise Automobile

 

• This chapter describes the fundamentals of forging and related processes, including design and economic considerations.
• Open-die forging operations for producing simple shapes are described first, ...