Outsourced Manufacturing for Steel Forging

Sun Fast International offers outsourced manufacturing services for steel forgings, producing small, complex, or robust components to meet your specific requirements. With experienced offshore manufacturing partners in Southeast Asia, we can deliver high-quality products made to specifications, providing fast turnaround times at a fraction of the cost of domestic manufacturing. Our services are certified to ISO 9001:2015, and all our offshore manufacturing partners are thoroughly vetted to ensure the quality and performance of your custom steel forged components across various industries.

Contact us today for more information on our outsourced manufacturing process, including how it can improve your business’s efficiency, supply chain, and bottom line. Learn more about our sampling capabilities, or fill out a quote form to get started with your order.

How Does Carbon Steel Forging Work?

Steel forging utilizes compressive force, heat, and specialized tools to shape carbon steel materials into a desired form, while enhancing strength, durability, and grain structure. While some forging processes may use materials at or near room temperature, traditional steel forging involves heating the material to a malleable point, then using hammers or dies to transform the metal into the required shape. Once the metal is shaped, it may undergo heat treatment and machining to optimize its properties and achieve final component tolerances.

What Type of Steel Forging Do You Need?

At Sun Fast International, we partner with offshore manufacturers to provide steel forging processes that produce the components you require, offering benefits to support your operations. Working with you, we can help determine which method—hot forging, cold heading, open-die forging, or closed-die forging—is best suited to your specific needs.

Hot Steel Forging

Hot forging is ideal for creating heavy-duty parts and components for more rugged applications. Opting for this method will enhance the yield strength, ductility, and toughness of the material, resulting in more durable parts for various applications. We collaborate with offshore manufacturers that can supply hot steel forging for a variety of metal materials and alloys, tailored to meet your specific needs.

Cold Heading Steel Forging

Cold heading provides an effective manufacturing method for smaller, more intricate parts and components, such as those found in medical devices or electronics. This process utilizes high-speed, automated equipment to create repeatable, high-precision parts, offering offshore steel forging solutions for various metals and specialty alloys.

Open-Die Steel Forging

Open-die forging, or free forging, deforms a piece of metal between compressive forces that do not completely enclose the material. The forces complete the open-die process by hammering and stamping the metal through a series of movements to alter its dimensions to the required shape. Steel forgings produced with open-die methods are worked at temperatures ranging from 500°F to 2400°F, continuing to work the material until it meets the desired specifications. This process is preferred for short-run forgings of simple design parts.

Closed-Die Steel Forging

Also known as impression die forging, closed-die forging involves two or more dies that contain a precut profile of the desired component. The heated raw material is placed at the bottom of the die, and then the dies move towards each other until the raw material is formed into its desired shape and size. This process is perfect for producing high-quality components, making it a preferred method when projects require strength, reliability, and resistance to fatigue.

Benefits of Outsourced Manufacturing for Steel Forging

Sun Fast International’s offshore sourcing services provide you with a range of options for manufacturing your products. Working with highly skilled, reliable offshore manufacturers to ensure your products meet or exceed your expectations for quality and precision, there are many benefits to sourcing steel forging offshore, including:

• Cost-Effective Raw Materials: Because of the manufacturer’s proximity to material sources, raw materials often cost less, allowing you to receive the same high-quality materials used domestically at a lower cost with a logistical advantage.
• Lower Labor Costs: Offshore manufacturing labor costs have historically been lower than domestic labor costs.
• Use of Specified Equipment: If special equipment is needed to manufacture your products, it can be prohibitively expensive, especially if required only for a brief period.
• Help from a Specialized Labor Force: Hiring skilled workers that are trained in operating specialized equipment, or for other production tasks, can be a challenge, as can (re) training your current staff. Especially in the case of limited product runs.
• Eliminates Operational Concerns: Staffing, equipment maintenance, and other day-to-day requirements are managed by the offshore source; some of the associated expenses will be reflected in production costs. Overall, offshore manufacturing represents a net gain and reduces operational headaches.

Forged Steel Magnetic Particle Testing

To detect defects or discontinuities, such as cracks, at or near the surface in ferromagnetic metals, we can offer magnetic particle testing as a non-destructive testing method. Typically used in the industrial sector, magnetic particle testing enables the examination of metal materials in critical equipment and components to prevent failures or accidents. Concentrated stresses can lead to further damage and failure, making it crucial to detect surface and near-surface defects when handling forged metal products.

Carbon Steel Forging Materials

By partnering with offshore steel forging specialists, we can provide durable, high-strength forgings made from a variety of mid-range carbon steel materials. Known for its long-wearing properties, medium-grade carbon steel forgings offer excellent ductility and strength, making them a popular choice for bolts, shafts, car axles, rails, and other components that require high strength with a certain degree of flexibility. Available steel grades include, but are not limited to:

• Carbon Steel 1035
• Carbon Steel 1038
• Carbon Steel 1040
• Carbon Steel 1045
• Carbon Steel 1050
• Carbon Steel 1117

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