The author discusses drop-forging practice from the standpoint of the materials used, and strongly advocates a more rigid inspection and testing of raw materials to determine their fitness for use in making automotive forgings.Seven specific possibilities of actual difference between drop-forgings that are apparently identical are stated, the requirements of the inspection of raw stock are commented upon, and the heat-treatment and testing of finished forgings are considered at some length.Tabular data of the chemical analyses and physical properties of 107 different heats of carbon-steel used recently are presented and show a variation in drawing temperatures of 140 deg. fahr. in steels of practically the same chemical composition to meet the same physical-property specification, based on more than 1000 tests on this grade of steel taken from production stock. The concluding summary has five specific divisions.The author discusses drop-forging practice from the standpoint of the materials used, and strongly advocates a more rigid inspection and testing of raw materials to determine their fitness for use in making automotive forgings.Seven specific possibilities of actual difference between drop-forgings that are apparently identical are stated, the requirements of the inspection of raw stock are commented upon, and the heat-treatment and testing of finished forgings are considered at some length.Tabular data of the chemical analyses and physical properties of 107 different heats of carbon-steel used recently are presented and show a variation in drawing temperatures of 140 deg. fahr. in steels of practically the same chemical composition to meet the same physical-property specification, based on more than 1000 tests on this grade of steel taken from production stock. The concluding summary has five specific divisions.


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    Title :

    DROP-FORGING PRACTICE


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    NELSON, J H (author)

    Conference:

    Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906



    Publication date :

    1922-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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