Forging is the collective term for forging and stamping, a forming process that utilizes the hammer head, anvil, punch, or mold of forging machinery to apply pressure to the billet, causing it to undergo plastic deformation, thereby achieving the desired shape and size of the workpiece.

Forging characteristics include:

Forging can alter the metal's structure, enhancing its properties. After hot forging, the original casting's porosity, voids, and microcracks are compacted or welded; the dendritic crystals are broken up, resulting in finer grain size. Simultaneously, the original carbide segregation and uneven distribution are altered, leading to a uniform structure. This results in forgings with dense, uniform, fine grain structure, excellent comprehensive properties, and reliable performance. After hot forging deformation, the metal has a fibrous structure; after cold forging deformation, the metal crystals exhibit an orderly arrangement.

Forging is the process of shaping metal into the required form by causing plastic flow. After metal undergoes plastic flow due to external forces, its volume remains unchanged, and it always flows towards the part with less resistance. During production, these principles are commonly used to control the shape of workpieces, achieving operations such as upsetting, drawing out, expanding holes, bending, and deep drawing, among others.

Forged workpieces exhibit precise dimensions, conducive to mass production organization. The dimensions of applications such as die forging, extrusion, and stamping are accurate and stable. High-efficiency forging machinery and automatic forging production lines can be utilized to organize specialized large-scale or mass production.