Forge Innovations

Forty years ago, the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald became the deadliest shipwreck — and greatest mystery — on the Great Lakes. Scot Forge explores the tragedy and the lessons learned about how metals and their applications interact with the harsh, sometimes violent conditions of the open waters.

Ellwood Group Inc. and Scot Forge are expanding the capabilities of North American Forgemasters (NAF) in New Castle, PA, marking the second chapter in the 50-50 joint venture partnership between the two companies. NAF was established by the two partners in 1997 when together they built a 4,500 ton open die forging press.

History was made at 12:31am Monday, August 5th, 2012 on the fourth planet in this solar system as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity descended to a picture-perfect rocket-guided and slowed descent to a gentle, wheels-first, sky crane touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet.

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.

Scot Forge worked with Deca Industries to create a highly unusual three-spoke forging. The forging replaced a casting used in the mining industry.

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.

Massive, forged shock-absorbing dampers lend earthquake protection to Latin America's tallest tower. Scot Forge produced the parts to make it happen.

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.