Cold forging die design: Recent advanced and future trends

Abstract

Die design in the forging process become crucial as the production cost and accuracy of the forged part being tighten. The study present a review of the current advanced of die design used in forging process and the system associated with in order to enhance the design process and performance of the die. At the end of this study future challenges of the die design area and the approach taken to develop a support system that can fulfilled the customer demand is also outlined. © 2007 Asian Network for Scientific Information.