Introducing the Core of Metal Parts Forging Technology for High Strength and Toughness! New Edition of "Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book" Released
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd. has released a new edition of "Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book" by Kichitaro Shinozaki on March 26, 2026, which gently introduces the essence of metal parts forging technology to achieve high strength and toughness.
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Book "Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book New Edition" Released
March 26, 2026
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Taku Kanzaka, Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will release the book "Kyo Kara Monoshiri Series: Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book New Edition" (authored by Kichitaro Shinozaki). Forging is a processing technology that strikes solid metal with tools and dies to form parts. It began with hot forging, which heats and softens the material to ensure formability, but eventually, when cold forging technology was developed to process at room temperature, this method spread mainly in the automobile industry in Japan around 1960. Cold forging technology is said to have contributed to Japan's improvement in status as an industrial nation.
- **Can create thin-walled and hollow structures by crushing and strengthening!**
Forging is classified as a type of plastic working technology. Its advantages are high production efficiency and the ability to achieve high strength and high toughness. This is because the crystal structure constituting the metal is crushed and elongated during the forging process, creating flow lines (metal flow lines) along the product shape. This enables thin-walled and hollow structures, reducing material costs, and also allows parts that were previously separate to be formed in a single shot.
Processing accuracy, which was traditionally said to be intermediate between casting and cutting, has recently achieved such high precision that post-processing is no longer required. As a result, it has become possible to mass-produce small, lightweight, high-quality, and complex integrated shaped parts, contributing to a reduction in processing costs.
- **Easily explained mechanism of high-quality processing with illustrations!**
This book plainly unravels the mechanism of forging processing aimed at realizing high added value and improving productivity. It introduces the current status and directions for advancement of the three forming elements—materials, dies (tools), and machinery—in an approachable and easy-to-understand illustrated manner.
It gently explains the differences and functions compared to press and sheet metal working, which also utilize plastic deformation. The response to high-quality processing is also explained based on evidence and data. The author, who has led research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology for many years, conveys the appeal and excellence of "forging processing," refreshing the content for the first time in 13 years.
Book "Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book New Edition" Released
March 26, 2026
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Taku Kanzaka, Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will release the book "Kyo Kara Monoshiri Series: Extremely Easy Forging Processing Book New Edition" (authored by Kichitaro Shinozaki). Forging is a processing technology that strikes solid metal with tools and dies to form parts. It began with hot forging, which heats and softens the material to ensure formability, but eventually, when cold forging technology was developed to process at room temperature, this method spread mainly in the automobile industry in Japan around 1960. Cold forging technology is said to have contributed to Japan's improvement in status as an industrial nation.
- **Can create thin-walled and hollow structures by crushing and strengthening!**
Forging is classified as a type of plastic working technology. Its advantages are high production efficiency and the ability to achieve high strength and high toughness. This is because the crystal structure constituting the metal is crushed and elongated during the forging process, creating flow lines (metal flow lines) along the product shape. This enables thin-walled and hollow structures, reducing material costs, and also allows parts that were previously separate to be formed in a single shot.
Processing accuracy, which was traditionally said to be intermediate between casting and cutting, has recently achieved such high precision that post-processing is no longer required. As a result, it has become possible to mass-produce small, lightweight, high-quality, and complex integrated shaped parts, contributing to a reduction in processing costs.
- **Easily explained mechanism of high-quality processing with illustrations!**
This book plainly unravels the mechanism of forging processing aimed at realizing high added value and improving productivity. It introduces the current status and directions for advancement of the three forming elements—materials, dies (tools), and machinery—in an approachable and easy-to-understand illustrated manner.
It gently explains the differences and functions compared to press and sheet metal working, which also utilize plastic deformation. The response to high-quality processing is also explained based on evidence and data. The author, who has led research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology for many years, conveys the appeal and excellence of "forging processing," refreshing the content for the first time in 13 years.