SOLEMNITY

Highly durable components with maximum strength

Forging

Forging enables the production of high-strength components with excellent mechanical properties, a high level of operational reliability and a robust microstructure. The process is particularly suitable for safety-critical and dynamically loaded components.

Customer benefits: Design engineers benefit from high component safety, load-bearing capacity and reliable material properties. Purchasing managers benefit from high material utilisation, reduced post-processing and cost-effective unit costs for medium to large production runs.

What is Forging?

Forging is a metal-forming process in which raw metal is shaped into the desired form under high pressure. In die forging, the material is shaped within closed dies, resulting in components that are both strong and dimensionally accurate.

The continuous fibre orientation within the material ensures a homogeneous microstructure and high mechanical strength. As a result, forged components are particularly suitable for applications with high demands on safety, service life and load-bearing capacity.

Thanks to near-net-shape production and good material utilisation, the need for subsequent mechanical machining can be reduced.

Benefits of Forging

Very high strength and load-bearing capacity
Homogeneous microstructure
Favourable fibre orientation
High component reliability
Good material utilisation
Reduced post-processing thanks to near-net-shape manufacturing
Cost-effective for medium to large production runs

Typical applications

Forged components are frequently used in vehicle manufacturing, mechanical engineering, agricultural machinery manufacturing, valve technology, drive technology, conveyor technology and in safety-critical industrial components.