Design for Economical Use of Forging: Indication of General Relative Forging Costs

A Design for Forging Handbook, based upon classification of those component features which influence the forging process, has been extended to include an indication of peneral relative forging costs. Contributions from the material being forged, the machine operating costs and the cost of the dies necessary are included in the economic model incorporated, The designer is led, via the classification systems, to various parameters which enable the cost of forging a particular component, relative to the cost of forging, a simple disc shaped part, to be estimated.