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Originally Posted by VeloxEric
We have some exciting news to announce again on this product line.
We have been working for the past 6 months or so on an even stronger unit using a better manufacturing technique, forging. Forging forces hot metal into shape which aligns the grain structure of the material in a better way than machined billet. We then heat treat and cryo treat these units to further improve strength/hardness/overall structure.
Below are images showing, through FEA, the difference from OEM, to billet, to forged. The scales are all set to the material's yield strength to keep viewing simple and easy. Purple/red is bad and blue is good as far as the stress plots are concerned.
OEM 1
Billet 1
Forged 1
OEM 2
Billet 2
Forged 2
The billet/machined units have and continue to work flawlessly in the market. The forged unit will (hopefully) be easier for us to keep in stock which was another reason for this move towards the newer unit.
We will work on having product images shortly.
Thank you,
Eric |
Any idea of price range for the forged fork compared to the billet unit ?
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