Open Die Forging

Advantages of open die forging

1. It can forge heavy parts (cannot be manufactured by other processes)
2. Can produce parts with small orders
3. Has stronger strength and fatigue resistance
4. Normally, there is no need for tooling cost
5. No surface defects, no internal defects
6. Short lead time

Because there is no die to limit the flow of materials in open die forging, the precision of raw parts is relatively low, and it generally needs to cooperate with rough machining and finish machining to meet the tolerance requirements of the final parts.

How Does Investment Casting Work

Material selection
Maple machinery provides open die forging for the following materials:

Carbon Steel
Alloy Steel
Stainless Steel

We can forge according to the material specifications including GB, ASTM, AMS, API, SAE, ASME, JIS, etc. In addition to the above materials, we also provide forging services for other special materials.

Open Die Forging of Maple Machinery

Same as closed die forging, we have worked with two local open die forging plants in Ningbo to provide manufacturing services and technical support for us for a long time. In the casting industry, when some customers can not meet the requirements of parts by casting, or some parts structure is more suitable for forging, we will make process improvement plan and recommend customers to improve the manufacturing process. Up to now, we have helped customers to improve more than 50 casting projects into forgings; we have directly helped customers purchase forging raw parts and completed hundreds of projects in our machineshop.