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Read about forged parts produced by Scot Forge in the following articles and press releases:

Articles:

Forging Takes Flight - Space Travel is Redefined: SpaceDev (Poway, CA) and Scot Forge worked together to make the dream of private space flight a reality, moving quickly from drawing board to launching pad.

Forging Raises the Bar on Mgnesium Die Casting: With the help of Scot Forge and Scot Forge’s creative engineering, Sloan Industries, Inc (Wood Dale, IL) discovered that using forging, rather than casting on magnesium die casting goosenecks yielded better machine performance and part quality.

Unusual Shaped Forging Breaks Ground -- Literally:< Scot Forge worked with Deca Industries to create a highly unusual three-spoke forging. The forging replaced a casting used in the mining industry.

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams:
Forgings support Seattle Mariners' new ballpark roof. Forged gear pinions, bull gear rings, wheels axle pins, and connecting pins provide the strength needed to support the outdoor park's 11,000-ton retractable roof.


Pet Scanner Forging successfully replaces casting in PET scanner medical application: CTI Molecular Imaging (Knoxville, TN), in a joint effort with Scot Forge recently converting a cast component to a forging in the production of steel rings and hubs for its Eclipse Cyclotrons.

Forging Helps Preserve Maritime History: An 8-ton forged master cylinder, with a forged piston and end caps, helped relocate the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The cylinder was used in the largest U.S.-built jack to save the 208-foot beacon — the world's tallest brick lighthouse — from an eroding shore.

Falt ZoneRaising the Roof in a Fault Zone: Massive, forged shock-absorbing dampers lend earthquake protection to Latin America's tallest tower. Scot Forge produced the parts to make it happen.

Steel bars combine forging and rolling: Scot Forge’s Tartan Bars feature a fully consolidated forged center, and a surface that is finished by multiple-pass rolling.Combining forging and rolling cuts press time in half; produces short runs in short order.








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Guarantee Programs

TARTAN BARS®

Proactive Partnership®

Fabricated Gear Weldments

New 5,500 Ton Forging Press
Single & Double Hub Forgings

In-House Heat Treat

Wide Range of Metal Rings

Metallurgy Test Lab

Spindle & Shaft Capabilities
Torch Cut Shapes

Forging Component Reduction

Specialty Alloy Services

Forged Hollow Production

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