Unbroken grain makes the strongest part possible. Cold formed parts replace traditional hot forged and machined parts with a stronger, net shape part requiring no secondary machining and increasing machine throughput. Cold forming vs. machining saves an average of 49% in material costs alone.

Consider cold forming instead of...

Hot forging

• Cold formed parts are stronger, with better metallurgical properties, less costly, net or near net shape, lower scrap, simplified production, and more reliable service performance.

Castings

• Cold formed parts are stronger, more reliable and overall less costly, with better dimensional stability and tighter tolerancing.

Powder metal

• Cold formed parts are stronger, with higher part integrity, fewer secondary operations, and less costly material.
  

Machined from bar stock

• Cold formed parts are stronger, with more cost-effective use of materials providing lower scrap. A near net shape cold formed part lowers machining time and requires fewer secondary operations.

Weldments and stamping fabrications

• Cold formed parts are stronger, production economies, materials savings, more consistent, better metallurgical properties, simplified production, and lowers the cost of design and inspections.
  

Reinforced plastic / Composites

• Cold formed parts are stronger, with less costly materials, more reliable service performance. They have established documentation, greater productivity and a broader service temperature range.