FAQ

Trenton Forging offers the best time-to-market in the industry. New product launches can be achieved in as little as six weeks if necessary.

In addition to impression die forging, we offer:

  • 3D Laser Scanning/Reverse Engineering
  • 3D Printing/3D Prototyping
  • Machining
  • Custom Tooling/Die Welding
  • Resinks

Yes. Trenton Forging is ISO 9001:2015 certified by SGS. We are also ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) registered and compliant.

A forging is a component created through the forging process, which involves shaping and compressing metal using hammers, presses, or forging rolls. Every forging manufacturer has their own forging process.
See our video here: “How a Forging is Made” to learn more about our unique process.

Yes. Trenton offers testing and inspection services in-house and from outside partners as needed. In-house, we offer magnetic particle inspections, pull-testing, hardness testing, hand inspections, 3D laser scanning, CMM, and more.

At Trenton Forging, we can forge steel, steel alloys, and stainless steels.

We use induction heating to preheat our raw material. Although it will heat aluminum, the system is specifically designed for steel and steel alloys and would be highly-inefficient with non-ferrous materials like aluminum.

Yes. The maximum forge die size for our hammers is 24” x 28” deep. If your part has die progressions that will fit into that area and can be made using a round-bar billet of 2.25” or smaller, we can definitely handle the project; this usually equates to a size limit of about 15 to 20 pounds.

Our press can handle billet diameters of up to 3.5” and single impression size limits of 5” x 24” or approximately 30 pounds.

We run gravity-drop-style hammers and mechanical forging presses that utilize impression dies to form our products.

Heating steel billets and forming them in a way that retains or improves the grain structure the material was original drawn with produces a product that is superior in strength and longevity to a casting, fabrication, or machined part. In most cases, this leads to a lighter and more efficient package. Forgings also reduce the cost of scrap that is common with machining or other subtractive-manufacturing processes. Forming a near-net shape part to begin with leads to less post-processing. You can read our blog post here to learn more about the differences between the forging and casting processes.