Editing Forging (section)

{{Short description|Metalworking process}}
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[[File:Bochumer Verein-03-50142.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hot metal [[ingot]] being loaded into a hammer forge]]
[[File:Walzen Stab.jpg|thumb|A [[Semi-finished_casting_products#Billet|billet]] in an open-die forging press]]
'''Forging''' is a [[manufacturing process]] involving the shaping of [[metal]] using localized [[compression (physics)|compressive]] forces.  The blows are delivered with a [[hammer]] (often a [[power hammer]]) or a [[die (manufacturing)|die]].  Forging is often classified according to the temperature at which it is performed: cold forging (a type of [[cold working]]), warm forging, or hot forging (a type of [[hot working]]). For the latter two, the metal is [[heat]]ed, usually in a [[forge]]. Forged parts can range in weight from less than a kilogram to hundreds of metric tons.<ref name="Degarmo389">Degarmo, p. 389</ref><ref name="wnaForge"/> Forging has been done by [[metalsmith|smith]]s for millennia; the traditional products were [[kitchenware]], [[household hardware|hardware]], [[hand tool]]s, [[edged weapon]]s, [[cymbals]], and [[jewellery]].

Since the [[Industrial Revolution]], forged parts are widely used in [[mechanism (engineering)|mechanism]]s and [[machine]]s wherever a component requires high [[strength of materials|strength]]; such '''forgings''' usually require further processing (such as [[machining]]) to achieve a finished part. Today, forging is a major worldwide industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forging: The Early Years|date=22 January 2013|url=http://www.steelforge.com/literature/history-of-forgings/|publisher=All Metals & Forge Group|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103202047/http://www.steelforge.com/literature/history-of-forgings/|url-status=dead}}</ref>