Metal forgings in Chinese history has a long history of development, in ancient times, the object of metal forgings production is mainly important items such as weapons, tools. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, China’s casting and forging process has been greatly developed, and the production technology of hardware forgings has gradually improved, such as the manufacture of important industrial equipment such as water wheels, windmills, cloth machines, and hardware forgings, which are widely used in traditional handicrafts, agricultural production, construction and transportation.
With the rapid development of modern science and technology, the processing technology and manufacturing equipment of metal forgings have been greatly developed. In 1901, the American Metal forgings Industry was founded by Columbus I. Briscoe, which began the process of specialization and organization of the metal forgings industry. During the Second World War, metal forgings have been rapidly developed, because of its important applications in weapons, aircraft and shipbuilding, etc., has become one of the key industries of national economic construction.
Modern metal forgings production involves many new materials and new processes, as well as numerical control technology and other technical means, so that the metal forgings manufacturing technology has been a qualitative leap, the type of metal forgings materials is also increasing, the product vertical field and horizontal field space have been greatly expanded.
In general, from the historical point of view, hardware forgings have experienced the evolution and development of manual production, to mechanized production, and then to modern CNC technology production, production equipment is more advanced, material types are more abundant, and product applications are more extensive. These stable momentum indicates that the hardware forgings manufacturing industry will move towards a higher production level at a faster pace.