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Recently, Euro Machinery Specialists, Menomonee Falls, WI, remanufactured a 1960s vintage Snyder “three-stage” lathe machining line for Standard Forged Product, McKees Rocks, PA, for its production of rail and locomotive axles. ...

The name “Finkl” looms large in the history of U.S. manufacturing, thanks to the specialty and tool steelmaker and open-die forging enterprise known as A. Finkl & Sons, founded 135 years ago and operating still in Chicago. But, the...

In forging, material and energy costs are among the primary elements of total production costs. The material costs total up to 50% for parts made of steel. Besides the cost of forging the part, the subsequent machining also is a major part of the...

The Forging Industry Association has been bringing forgers and their equipment suppliers together for four decades, to discuss technology and see the latest production capabilities — but Forge Fair 2015 was something of a first: the first...

High-throughput quenching and tempering process for wheels for high-speed trains Railroad expansions in emerging economies world, and rail system updates in the developed world, have sustained demand for wheel forming machines and lines over...

Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd. reports recently it processed the largest ingots ever to be forged from a specialty grade of stainless steel.  The ingots were produced in an electroslag remelting (ESR) process by Rubiera Special...

For forgers or anyone operating MIG equipment, problems start at the drive rolls and run all the way to the tip.  Effective delivery of filler metal and shielding gas can keep a good day rolling along  …  Here are five techniques for optimizing...