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Article: Today: high-tech materials, crankshafts, and open dies. (Forging Still a Contender!)
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- Tooling & Production
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- December 1, 1989
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Today: High-tech materials, crankshafts, and open dies
Beyond the classic hot-forming advantages, we're experiencing a materials revolution. The Forging Industries Association (FIA) speaks through its Forging Solutions 1 newsletter: "Materials developments and refinements on existing alloys are delivering higher quality, improved part performance, and significant economies for forged parts versus alternative metal components. At the top of the emerging materials list are microalloys, strand-cast steels, new titanium alloys, and aluminum-lithium (Al-Li) alloys. In the high-temperature area, improved superalloys are hitting new performance standards, thanks to ...