• Steel Plant Specialities LLP

Hot Forging Lubricant

Steel Plant Specialities offers a range of hot forging lubricants. Hot forging involves plastic forming of heated metals and alloys into desired shapes. In a forge shop, die cost amounts to 10% to 15% of the forging cost. Any increase in the die life automatically increases the profitability of the forge shop. Lubricants play three important roles: reduction in forging load; improvement in metal flow; and prevention of sticking of forged material to the die, thereby increasing the die life. Furnace oil, which is used as a `lubricant' in many forge shops does not give the expected results. From the pollution point, its use should be avoided. An experienced metallurgist has studied the needs of the forging industry in depth and come out with a range of die lubricants. Espon-DLW is a breakthrough in hot forging. It increases die life by 30% to as high as 123%. The striking features of Espon-DLW are water solubility, smokeless atmosphere, non-hazardous nature, economy in use and distinct improvement in the surface finish of the forgings. The company has also developed special lubricants for hot forging of steel, brass, copper and aluminium, found useful by a large number of forge shops.