A solution tailored to your industrial needs
Warm forging is an industrial process used to shape metal parts by combining the advantages of hot forging and cold forging. It stands out for its ideal balance between high mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy and reduced forming forces, thus offering a solution suited to the requirements of the automotive, aerospace and agricultural machinery industries.
Unlike hot forging, where the metal is heated to a very high temperature before being deformed, warm forging is carried out at an intermediate temperature, generally between 600°C and 900°C. This makes it possible to improve part accuracy while reducing thermal and energy stresses and limiting machining rework.
Skills and Technologies
- Process automation : optimized production rate for large industrial series.
- Improved precision : better compliance with dimensional tolerances and surface finishes compared with hot forging.
- Manufacturing complex shapes : integration of advanced forming steps to produce parts with specific details (bearing seat, reduced machining allowance).
- Reduced thermal and mechanical stresses : preservation of the original metallurgical structure, reduced surface oxidation, improved visual appearance of raw surfaces of the product.
SIFCOR's strengths in warm forging
Thanks to its state-of-the-art industrial equipment and advanced expertise in metal forming, SIFCOR offers optimized warm forging solutions tailored to the needs of the most demanding industries.
- Automation and high productivity : SIFCOR integrates automated processes that optimize production rates and ensure perfect repeatability of parts.
- Mastery of tolerances and complex geometries : thanks to rigorous control and advanced technologies, warm forging guarantees superior dimensional accuracy.
- Production of specific components as close as possible to the finished shape : ideal for sectors requiring precision mechanical parts (automotive, agricultural machinery). Our design offices support our clients in defining the warm-forged part.
- Optimization of energy and raw material costs : warm forging reduces energy consumption compared with hot forging while limiting material loss.
By combining automation, high precision and metallurgical expertise, SIFCOR provides its industrial partners with warm forging solutions adapted to their performance, cost and sustainability constraints.