Where to find applications of forgings？

Maple supplies forgings in a wide range of fields

Forgings are failure-safe and reliable components due to their favorable material properties, the high repeatability of the process during their production, as well as the good testing possibilities. They are implemented anywhere where reliability and service life at high power density or high stresses play an important role. The main applications are as follows:

Automotive and Truck

In automotive and truck applications, forged components are commonly found at points of shock and stress. Cars and trucks may contain more than 250 forgings, most of which are produced from carbon or alloy steel.

Aerospace

High strength-to-weight ratio and structural reliability improve performance, range, and payload capabilities of aircraft. That’s why ferrous and nonferrous forgings are used in helicopters, piston-engine planes, commercial jets, and supersonic military aircraft. Many aircraft are“designed around”forgings, and contain more than 450 structural forgings as well as hundreds of forged engine parts.

Off-Highway and Agricultural

Strength, toughness, machinability, and economy account for the use of ferrous forgings in off-highway and heavy construction equipment, and in mining machinery.

Renewable energy

Renewable sources of energy–wind power, solar power (thermal, photovoltaic and concentrated), hydro-electric power, tidal power, geothermal energy and biomass–are essential alternatives to fossil fuels. Their use reduces our greenhouse gas emissions, diversifies our energy supply and reduces our dependence on unreliable and volatile fossil fuel markets (in particular oil and gas). The growth of renewable energy sources also stimulates employment in Europe, the creation of new technologies and improves our trade balance.

Valves and Fittings

For valves and fittings, the mechanical properties of forgings and their freedom from porosity are especially suited to high-pressure applications.

Industrial, Hardware and Tools

“Forged”is the mark of quality in hand tools and hardware. Strength, resistance to impact and fatigue, and excellent appearance are reasons why forgings have been the standard of quality since the earliest of times. The same is true of surgical instruments. Special hardware for electrical transmission and distribution lines is subject to high stresses and corrosion.