Overview of New Hydraulic Radial Forging Operation at Universal Stainless’ Ohio Plant

Universal Stainless has installed and commissioned a state of the art hydraulic radial forge ( SMX-650 / 13MN) at a greenfield site in North Jackson, Ohio.  The results of initial forging trials on a number of aerospace alloys including  Vacuum Arc Remelted (VAR)  low alloy and stainless steels, as well as higher alloy materials will be reviewed.  The open die , mechanical radial , and hydraulic radial forging processes will be compared and contrasted.