Fundamentals Of Forging Quality

An Overview of the Methods and Tools Needed to Assure the Quality of Forged Components

What you'll learn

The fundamentals of quality related specifically to forging

An introduction to forging technologies

How is raw material specified and verified

The basics of forging design quality

Forging process quality

An overview of process auditing

An understanding of dimensional inspection

Understanding and measuring mechanical properties like hardness, toughness, tensile strength, and elongation

An introduction to metallurgical sample prep and examination

An introduction to nondestructive testing

Requirements

An understanding of manufacturing

Description

In this course, "Fundamentals of Forging Quality", you will learn the foundations of the quality-related functions unique to the forging process. If you are working as an engineer, technician, or manager in a forging company, learning the key aspects of their quality functions will undoubtedly help you advance your career. And if you are a seasoned quality professional, but new to forging, this is the class you need to learn the key aspects of forging quality.In this 3.5-hour course, I cover the fundamental aspects of the following 9 major areas of forging quality (with a few of the sub-topics in parenthesis)Material specification and verification (grades, mill certs, spectrometry)Forging design quality (prints, machining stock allowance, NCU)Process quality (the 6M's, fishbone diagram, billet temperature measurement) Process auditing (variation, audit templates, LPA's) Dimensional inspection (gage selection, dimensional analysis, gage error)Mechanical properties testing (Charpy impact testing, Rockwell and Brinell hardness testing, tensile testing)Metallurgical testing (sample preparation, metallurgical defects, grain flow analysis)Visual defects (scale, damage, underfill, flash)Nondestructive testing (liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, eddy current testing)In addition to the course videos, I also include quizzes to test your learning at the end of each section and a downloadable fishbone diagram template for use at your organization.This course evolved from my 12+ year career as the quality manager for a major forging supplier to the automotive industry. Far more that a strictly "academic" course, this course was assembled from my real life experiences in forging.And again, this is a foundations class. In other words, I designed this course so that students require very little perquisite knowledge. I purposely avoid jargon and more advanced topics. And so, it is my hope that this course will inform those interested in forging quality and provide a starting point for those professionals who want to continue their forge training after this class.So if you want to advance your skill set in forging quality, THIS IS THE CLASS FOR YOU!!! Best wishes to you. See you in class!!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2 Introduction to Forging

Lecture 3 Material Specifications and Verification, Pt 1

Lecture 4 Material Specifications and Verification, Pt 2

Lecture 5 Forging Design Quality, Pt 1

Lecture 6 Forging Design Quality, Pt 2

Lecture 7 Process Quality, Pt 1

Lecture 8 Process Quality, Pt 2

Lecture 9 Cause and Effect Diagram

Lecture 10 Billet Temperature

Lecture 11 Forging Simulation

Lecture 12 Process Auditing, Pt 1

Lecture 13 Process Auditing, Pt 2

Lecture 14 Dimensional Inspection, Pt 1

Lecture 15 Dimensional Inspection, Pt 2

Lecture 16 Concepts in Gage Selection

Lecture 17 Mechanical Properties, Hardness, Pt 1

Lecture 18 Mechanical Properties, Hardness, Pt 2

Lecture 19 Mechanical Properties, Impact Strength

Lecture 20 Mechanical Properties, Tensile Strength

Lecture 21 Introduction to Metallurgical Testing

Lecture 22 Metallurgical Sample Preparation

Lecture 23 Metallurgical Examination

Lecture 24 Visual Defects, Pt 1

Lecture 25 Visual Defects, Pt 2

Lecture 26 Nondestructive Testing, Pt 1

Lecture 27 Nondestructive Testing, Pt 2

Lecture 28 Conclusion to the Course

Lecture 29 Bonus Lecture

Quality managers, quality engineers, quality technicians,Forging professionals including supply chain and purchasing professionals,Manufacturing professionals new to the forging industry,Manufacturing engineers and industrial engineers working in forging