A 24% improvement in die life and resulting in higher productivity

Forging Lubricants play a very critical role in the daily production of forged parts in the forging industry. The hot forging process takes place at extreme temperatures and under adverse conditions. The major benchmarks for a good forging lubricant are die life, efficient die cooling, and smooth release of the components without any surface defects. This makes a good forging lubricant indispensable for the smooth and efficient day-to-day production of forged parts.

A global manufacturer of automotive components reached out to Molygraph to provide an improvement against the current forging lubricant used in their manufacturing plant in India.

• Need an increase in performance and die life.
• The lubricant has to be cost-effective.

MOLYGRAPH GRAPHOL GFL ULTRA 300

• Custom Graphite particle size.
• Wettable temperatures exceeding 350°C.
• Excellent resistance to settling of the graphite particles.

Running on a dilution ratio of 1:13 to 1:14, the following observations were made. A total of 13,229 parts were forged.

• Smooth release.
• No surface defects such as underfilling or pitting.
• Excellent die-cooling curves.
• Die life increases from an average of 2500 parts per die to 3100 parts per die.