Forgeless delivers quick-forged metal parts for energy and heavy industrial customers. Same structural integrity. Seventy percent shorter lead times. No more waiting four months for a part that should take four weeks.
ø1.20mm
+0.05
SS316
WAAM
Traditional forging is slow and expensive. Casting is fast but structurally inferior. For decades, engineers have had to choose between speed and strength when specifying metal components.
Forgeless builds a third option. By combining Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing with Additive Friction Stir Deposition, we produce metal parts with near-forged mechanical properties at a fraction of the lead time. For customers whose supply chains are constrained by forging backlogs, the difference is measured in weeks of production they get back.
Every metal part Forgeless delivers moves a customer's project 14 weeks closer to done. For a heavy equipment manufacturer waiting on a forged flange, that is a quarter of a fiscal year. For an energy customer holding up a turbine install, it is the difference between on-schedule and penalty clauses.
We use Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing and Additive Friction Stir Deposition together. Each covers a different range of part geometries and material conditions. Both deliver the near-net-shape output that traditional forging takes months to produce.
Welding-based additive process. Deposits metal layer by layer using standard welding feedstock. Well-suited to large-format steel components, simple to moderate geometries, and materials that are forgiving to thermal cycling. The workhorse of the Forgeless capability.
Solid-state additive process. Deposits material below its melting point using friction and pressure, producing wrought-like microstructure without the thermal distortion of welding. Our path for higher-performance applications and alloys where WAAM's heat affected zone becomes a constraint.
We start with customers whose supply chains are structurally constrained by forging lead times. Energy and heavy equipment come first because the pain is acute, the geometries are forgiving, and the structural margin is healthy. Other industries follow as we qualify our processes to their standards.
If you are waiting four months for a forged part that you need in four weeks, we want to hear about it. Send us the part, the volume, and the timeline you are stuck with. We will come back with a realistic path forward.