• Dimensional Surface Inspection of Hot Forgings 

  Development of device to inspect hot forgings as they exit the press or hammer to increase machine utilization, reduce scrap and production costs. Prototype devices have been tested at several forging companies.

• SQA™: Surface Quality Assured Steel Bar Program 

  This project is intended to alleviate surface quality problems faced by the U.S. special quality steel bars and rods industry, and their customers, the U.S. forging industry.

• Analysis of Individual Die Tonnage Using Multiple Tonnage Sensors 

  In this research, a new method is developed to estimate these independent or dependent die source signals from the linear mixed tonnage sensor signals by combining the Independent Component Analysis, the Sparse Component Analysis, and the engineering

• Temperature Measurement Best Practice Tutorial 

  This presentation explores a survey of current methods for shop floor temperature measurement in forging and pyrometry.

• Nondestructive Examination of Hydraulic Forging Press Components 

  This presentation will cover Non-Destructive Examination, a business that is relatively unknown to the general public and whose appropriate application benefits are sometimes sadly unknown to the industries that need it most.

• Fundamental Basis for Forging-Die Failures – Part 2: Case Studies 

  Analysis of the stresses withstood by forging dies can lead to a better understanding of forging-die failures.

• Simulation Of Centerline Defect Closure In Open Die Forging 

  The present work refers to an industrial case concerning large H13 steel ingots forged in A. Finkl and Sons Company. Figure 1.1 shows sections of a number of large forgings rejected by ultrasonic quality control testing, due to the presence of small

• Fundamental Basis for Forging-Die Failures – Part 1 

  Analysis of the stresses withstood by forging dies can lead to a better understanding of forging-die failures.

• Method for Testing the Fracture Splittability of Forged Steel Connecting Rods 

  A laboratory test was developed to assess the fracture splitting characteristics on small quantity laboratory processed lots to aid in the development of splittable steel compositions and forging process controls.

• Characterization of Internal Defects in Open Die Forging 

  The objective of the present work is to perform a systematic study of several types of internal defects that can be occasionally found in forged products and characterize the defect surface prior to and after high temperature heat treatment.

• The Effects of Inclusions on Fatigue Performance of Steel Alloys 

  This paper focuses on indigenous MnS, oxide, and complex oxide and sulfide inclusions.

• Prediction and Elimination of Fracture in Hot Forging 

  A comprehensive literature review was conducted in this study. Many fracture criteria were reviewed. The possible criteria that can be used in hot forging were compared with the cased studies from the literature.