When the forging industry shifted from casting to forging, it opened the way for more substantial material building. Most metal components today are built through forging due to their excellent qualities. Besides producing quality materials, closed die forging is more cost-effective than casting. This means that this new method has more economic advantages. Consider the points below as some economic advantages to closed die forging.
Cost-Effective Materials
Forging requires that billets are cut equally according to the product sizes. This means that the only material waste is the flash. On the other hand, machining and casting take more raw material than closed die forging. Therefore, forging can save more materials for copper forgings manufacturers. Forging can also get the right product size with minimal waste.
Little to No Machining
Machining can also display some economic advantages of closed die forging. Forging is a different metal forming process and can give near-net shape products with a better surface finish and tighter tolerance. Such products need little to no machining at all.
Low Rejection Rate
Casting always leads to more inside defects because the process involves pouring hot liquid metals into a mold to gain shape. On the other hand, closed dire forging presses heated billets using upper and lower forging dies. As a result, the metal flow inside will be grain, and the mechanical properties of the forged parts will be better. In addition, there will be fewer internal defects provided the raw material is in good condition. This results in a low rejection rate, bringing an economic advantage to the copper forgings manufacturers.
Higher Production Efficiencies
Closed die forging can produce the same part from multiple sizes of billets and ingots. The different material sizes allow a wide variety of inventoried grades. Such flexibility means that forged parts of any grade can be produced economically and quickly.
Products produced under closed die forging are cheaper than cast materials meaning that the end-user will not have to pay more. Material savings also mean that the manufacturers get more products at minimized costs.
