Advantages and Savings of Forgings

 

Capabilities of Forgings

 

How Forgings Are Made

Advantages of Forgings

FALCON FORGE is well equipped to handle all your open die forgings needs.

Over the years our customers have found us to be a versatile, innovative supplier of quality open die forgings.

By working with state-of-the-art technology coupled with the craftsmanship of years of experience, we've been able to supply our customers with superior products at very competitive prices and with fast deliveries.

While the experience forgings buyer is aware of the many advantages of forgings over the more traditional methods of fabrication such as machining from bar or cutting from plate, the following will clearly illustrate for the new or undecided buyer some of the cost saving factors in using a FALCON FORGE product.

DISC CUT

FROM PLATE

RING CUT

FROM PLATE

STEP DOWN SHAFT

MACHINED FROM ROUND BAR

SINGLE HUB

MACHINED FROM ROUND BAR
(Grey area represents material loss.)

THE SAVINGS MADE BY FORGING CAN BE SIGNIFICANT!!

  • SAVINGS ON FREIGHT: No excess weight

  • LABOR SAVINGS: Your forging is near net size

  • INCREASED MACHINE LIFE:  Less wear & tear

  • MATERIAL SAVINGS: See above drawings

  • IMPROVED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

  • ABILITY TO SECURE HARD TO FIND ALLOYS

  • ABILITY TO SECURE LARGE OR NON-STANDARD SIZES & SHAPES

  • INCREASED TOOL LIFE.. We'll forge near net size

IN STOCK....OVER 180 DIFFERENT ALLOYS from 1005 carbon steel, through the full range of Stainless & Nickel Alloys, Titanium & Aluminum Alloys though the Maraging Steels and Refractory Metals.

To INCREASE YOUR SAVINGS... we can supply your forging SMOOTH FORGED or MACHINED FIN