3D Insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks, commissions from sales, and other ways. If there was one manufacturing process that most people can visualize, it would likely be forging. This ...

Thousands of aircraft components are critical to consistent, safe operation. Couplings, locking brackets, valves, sling mounts, hubs, and special fasteners are can’t-fail parts. To make them, ...

Mandrel forging, sometimes known as saddle forging, is a forging operation that is performed with the help of a tool called mandrel. A mandrel is a blunt ended tool or rod that is used to enlarge or ...

In a variety of industries, casting and forging are popular methods of creating components and parts. In spite of this, the processes are very different from one another, and the products produced by ...

Abstract: This paper aims to solve the problem of high energy consumption in forging production through energy-saving scheduling. By analyzing the flow shop characteristics of a forging workshop, an ...

Since the invention of computer-aided design (CAD) in the early 1960s, it has become much easier for product designers to design sheet metal components and parts for different applications. But one ...