Drop forging of steel produces components that endure extreme loads and stresses, ensuring exceptional structural integrity and consistent performance across various environments. This method offers superior reliability and cost-effectiveness across a wide range of sizes. The "grain-flow forging" process is unmatched in metalworking, eliminating internal gas pockets or voids that could lead to failures under stress or impact. As customers increasingly value impact and fatigue resistance for overall reliability, drop forging excels by enhancing impact strength through optimal materials and heat treatments. This improves the strength-to-weight ratio, allowing for reduced section thickness without compromising safety or performance, leading to significant cost savings over the product's lifecycle. KB Schmiedetechnik GmbH in Hagen-Westphalia near Dortmund Forgings made in Germany of European quality steel!