40th International Conference on Production Engineering of Serbia
ICPES 2025
Nis, Serbia, 18-19th september 2025
ANALYSIS OF THE PREFORMING STAGE IN THE CLOSED-DIE HOT FORGING PROCESS
Mihajlo Milojkovic, Saša Randelovic
DOI: 10.46793/ICPES25.158M
Closed die hot forging is the most frequently used forging method for industrial manufacturing of complex parts. When it comes to complex parts, an optimised preforming stage is crucial to achieve for precise finished products. Because it is consisted of multiple sequences, there is significant room for enhancement and innovation in industry settings. This article goes through multiple advanced ideas and papers that tackle this problem and analyses their further implementation in conventional settings. Additionally, it examines the optimisation of preforming on an industry case study with a specific product and reviews the future scope of implementing new-age methods for easier and precise optimisation
Closed-die hot forging, preforming, billet, optimisation, industrial case study, experimental study, multi-stage hot forging
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