Forged has long been associated with high-quality in-hand tools and hardware. Pliers, hammers, sledges, wrenches, and garden tools are popular examples, as are wire-rope clips, sockets, hooks, turnbuckles, and eye bolts. Surgical and dental devices are often forged as well. Co...

Heat treatment is a process of modifying the characteristics of steel forgings such as carbon steel or alloy steel by using heating procedures. It is used at low and high temperatures to modify the hardness, ductility, or other qualities of materials having different crystal s...

The process of heating the metal component in a high-carbon environment allows carbon atoms to diffuse directly into the surface of the case-hardened part. For more information, go to: - Carburizing Heat Treatment.