• A Comparison of Manufacturing Technologies in the Connecting Rod Industry 

  The technology surrounding the methods of connecting rod production and materials used has rapidly advanced in the past 50 years. These advancements have enabled the auto industry to develop engines with more power and reliability while decreasing th

• Market Research to Identify a Window of Opportunity for FIERF 

  Here is reported a window of opportunity for FIERF to show a current vision of the forging industry and its potential for the railways. The focus of this report is wheels, particularly those for revenue service under Class I railways used for heavy h

• Fatigue Performance Evaluation of Forged versus Competing Manufacturing Process Technologies 

  This study was concerned with fatigue performance evaluation of forged versus competing manufacturing process technologies using experimental, numerical and analytical tools.

• Fatigue Performance Comparison and Life Prediction of Forged Steel and Ductile Cast Iron Crankshafts 

  Jonathan R. Williams and Ali Fatemi, Graduate Research Assistant and Professor, respectively, University of Toledo. Project funded by FIERF, in collaboration with AISI to evaluate fatigue performance of forged and cast crankshaft.

• Influence of Surface Finish on Bending Fatigue of Forged Steel 

  The overall objective of this study was to conduct a systematic and comprehensive experimental investigation to evaluate and quantify forged surface finish effect at several hardness levels (19 HRC, 25 HRC, 35 HRC, and 45 HRC) on bending fatigue spec