About Hot Forming
Here at MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions’ Metform division, things get a little hot around here, like 2200 degrees F hot inside one of our 10 Hatebur horizontal hot forging presses. Our hot forge process works by:
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Start with Hot Rolled Bar Material
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Induction Heated up to 2200 degrees F
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Processed in a multi-station hot forging machine with an output up to 180 pieces/minute
The benefits to the customer of this process is:
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Very complex shapes and contours of components can be accomplished
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Very efficient raw material usage via near net forming technologies with minimal scrap
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Very consistent, uniform material flow and grain structure with less stress induced in the material
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High precision and high output hot forging process due to fully mechanical hot forging equipment