Forging
Open-Die Forging
Source Open-Die Forging components through FERRASTACK's audited contract manufacturing network in India.
Open-die forging shapes large shafts, rolls, rings, blocks, and pressure components through controlled deformation between simple dies.
- Typical materials
- Typical feedstock includes carbon, alloy, stainless, tool, and nickel-alloy steels, plus aluminium or titanium where facilities permit.
- Scale & complexity
- It is suited to substantial sections and low-to-moderate quantities, with ingot size, press or hammer capacity, reduction sequence, and handling central to feasibility.
- Tolerance & finishing
- Forging allowance, scale, straightness, heat-treatment movement, rough machining, and final finish are determined by geometry and inspection needs.
- Quality requirements
- Buyers may require ingot and heat traceability, reduction and heat-treatment records, mechanical tests, dimensional checks, and specified ultrasonic examination.
- Why source with FERRASTACK
- FERRASTACK maps Indian forge, heat-treatment, rough-machining, and test capacity to the required section, weight, alloy, and documentation.
Applications
1Hydro-turbine shafts
2Large structural ingots
3Pressure vessel domes
4Heavy mill rolls
5Offshore mooring chain links
6Nuclear reactor vessel flanges
7Heavy forged rings for wind turbines
8Crankshafts for large marine engines
9Large hydraulic press columns
10Industrial roller shafts
11Heavy crane hook shanks
12Mining shovel shaft blanks