Forgings make better, more economic use of materials. Flame cutting plate is a wasteful process, one of several fabricating steps that consumes more material than needed to make such parts as rings or hubs. Even more material is lost in subsequent machining.

Jan 06, 2019

Forgings yield lower scrap and increase efficiency of production. Forgings, especially near-net shapes pieces, make better use of material and generate little scrap. In high-volume production runs, forgings have a decisive cost advantage.

Forgings offer a broader size range of desired material grades. Sizes and shapes of products made from steel bar and plate are limited to the dimensions in which these materials are supplied. Often, forging may be the only metalworking process available with certain grades in desired sizes. Forgings can be economically produced in a wide range of sizes, from parts whose largest dimension is less than 1 inch, to parts weighing more than 450,000 lbs.