In the analysis of manufacturing technologies one has to consider two main aspects: the efficiency of the process and the quality of the produced components. During the last few years the question of energy and materialsavings has become more and more important. A typical driving force is the intent to save weight in the automotive and aircraft industries. The quality of the product depends largely on the manufacturing technology chosen to produce the component. Here, casting and forging technologies take a leading position for mass production. Castings have far reaching possibilities in shaping and flexibility, combined with low cost for raw materials. Since machining and other subsequent processing is often not necessary, considerable savings in energy and material are possible. Forging techniques have the advantage of high strength and ductility due to the orientation of the material's microstructure, and the avoidance and elimination of typical casting defects (1). New developments in casting and forging aim at shortening the production flow and maintaining or improving the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing process. One approach combines traditional forging and casting in one operation. The intention is to combine the strength and confidence levels of forgings with the economics and shape capabilities of castings.


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    Title :

    Squeeze forging - A near net shape technique for high strength applications


    Additional title:

    Squeeze-Schmieden - eine formgenaue Technik für hochfeste Anwendungen


    Contributors:
    Tietmann, A. (author) / Baldner, K. (author) / Kopp, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 11 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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