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Forging

Forging is one of the oldest known metalworking processes，in the process of forging ,the metal is heated and is shaped by a applying compressive force, which is in the form of hammer blows using a power hammer or a press. While in the traditional way,forging was performed by a smith using hammer and anvil,after so many year’s development the hammer and anvil are not obsolete. Forging refines the grain structure and improves physical properties of the metal. With proper design, the grain flow can be oriented in the direction of principal stresses encountered in actual use. Grain flow is the direction of the pattern that the crystals take during plastic deformation. Physical properties (such as strength, ductility and toughness) are much better in a forging than in the base metal, which has, crystals randomly oriented.