The arsenal of democracy rests on America’s forging industry. More than 152 forging plants in 38 states forge the metals and alloys for warships, planes, spacecraft, combat vehicles, missiles, rockets ...

When it comes to turning raw metal alloys into useful things, two processes dominate: casting and forging. Both have their place, but when strength and light weight are priorities, forging is the ...

This section of the industry may be classified as jobbing with quantities generally small varying from one off to perhaps 100 off. Tooling for producing open die work may consist of flat or shaped ...

A block of steel is heated, shaped, and hardened into a classic ball peen hammer using traditional forging techniques.

A traditional blacksmithing process recreates one of the oldest tools, showing forging techniques, shaping, and the history ...