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Swaging

Swaging is a forging process that is used to reduce or increase the diameter of an item are changed using a die or dies, into which the item is forced. waging is usually a cold working process; however, it is sometimes done as a hot working process.In the process of swaging, the object is placed inside a die that applies compressive force by hammering radially. This can be further expanded by placing a mandrel inside the tube and applying radial compressive forces on the outer diameter. Thus, the inner diameter can be a different shape, for example a hexagon, and the outer is still circular.

As a general manufacturing process swaging may be broken up into two categories. The first category of swaging involves the workpiece being forced through a confining die to reduce its diameter, similar to the process of drawing wire. This may also be referred to as "tube swaging." The second category involves two or more dies used to hammer a round workpiece into a smaller diameter. This process is usually called "rotary swaging" or "radial forging."