February 2025 Volume 7

CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 2025 | VOLUME 7

54 Stay One Step Ahead of Inventive Cyber Risks 56 No Small Decision 58 Insurance Market Updates and Property Strategies for Forgers INDUSTRY NEWS 61 Forge Fair 2025 Returns to Cleveland, Ohio 68 The Value of Forging Industry Association Committees 70 Bluestreak Compliance™ Hires Rory Godsell as Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist 71 FIA Announces Jim Warren’s Departure as President and CEO 72 Breaking through the Noise 74 Welcome New Members 76 Member Spotlight: How Charter Steel’s Vision Powers SBQ Success 78 FIA Upcoming Events FOUNDATION NEWS 80 NEW FIERF Named Professor at Colorado School of Mines 82 Forging Foundation (FIERF) Initiatives for the New Year 84 FIERF Donor Spotlight: Cleveland Hardware and Forging Company FORGING RESEARCH 85 Numerical Modeling of Tooling Improvements for Forging Processes: Final Report MEMBERS SPEAK 88 How to Start a Mentoring Program at Your Company AD INDEX 89 February Advertiser Index

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20 Optimizing Steel Quenching with Advanced FEM Simulation 24 The U.S. Forger’s Quick Guide to Turnkey Railway Lines MAINTENANCE 26 Solving The Ten Most Common Causes of Forging Machinery Downtime 29 Water Cooling for Induction Systems: Inside and Out AUTOMATION 37 Unlocking Efficiency in the Forging Line with Forging Automation Technology 40 Driving Robustness into the Domestic U.S. Supply Chain MATERIALS 42 Reheating Steel, Reigniting Progress Bloom by Bloom 45 Eliminating energy-intensive reheating steps with direct quenching steel 50 SuperDie™: The High-Performance Hot Work Steel OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT 52 Protecting your competitive business information and relationships

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 1 Letter from the Editor WASHINGTON UPDATE 4 Investing in America: Waiting on Washington ENERGY 6 The Benefits of Custom Induction Heaters 10 Skyrocketing Capacity Costs and Their Impact on Your Energy Spend 13 Major Policy Changes Required to Ensure Power Grid Resiliency and Reliability EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY 15 Tips on Specifying a Carbide Tipped Band Saw Blade 18 N-Ray Imaging: The Missing Link in Quality Assurance

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N-Ray Imaging: The Missing Link in Quality Assurance Page 18 Optimizing Steel Quenching with Advanced FEM Simulation Page 20

Forge Fair Returns to Cleveland Page 61

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