Steel Is Heated To Forging Temperature

When steel is heated to forging temperature, it becomes ductile and malleable and be molded to a shape of our choice by applying pressure. With proper processing methods, steel forging allows a billet of steel to be shaped permanently without cracking, due to its plasticity.

Steel forging needs an induction heating system, forge furnace, or forge oven to heat the steel to a sufficient temperature. Metallurgical recrystallization and grain refinement result from the thermal cycle and the deformation process. This strengthens the resulting forged steel product, particularly in terms of impact toughness. It’s weirdly enjoyable to see a giant block of steel get squished and shaped. Interested?

The forging temperature is between 950 and 1250 degree Celsius, above the recrystallization temperature. It results in good formability and requires low forming forces.