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Geometry

Dimensional Accuracy (+/- 0.001 inches per inch)
Too Low: 6
Easily Achieved: 10 or higher

Surface Roughness (microinches)
Too Low: 32
Easily Achieved: 42 or higher

Bounding Box Volume (cubic inches)
Low: 0.002 - 0.004
Just Right: 0.004 - 2000
High: 2000 - 2500

Wall Thickness
Uniform Walls Prefered: No
Max Wall Thickness (inches): 12
Min Wall Thickness (inches): 0.2
(over a 5" inch span)

Rounded Corners Prefered: Yes

Compatible Shapes:
Typical parts made by forging are crankshafts and connecting rods for engines, turbine disks, gears, wheels, bolt heads, hand tools, and many types of structural components for machinery and transportation equipment.

Compatible shapes are of the following categories:

• Free Form Drape
• Planar
• Prismatic
• Surface of Revolution