November 2020 Volume 2

CONTENTS

NOVEMBER 2020 | VOLUME 2

PRESIDENT'S NOTE President's Note......................................................................................................................................................................................3 WASHINGTON UPDATE 2020 Election: Where Do We Stand Now?...................................................................................................................................7 Steve Haro, Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas MATERIALS The Fundamentals of Grain Flow in Die Steel...........................................................................................................................12 Nick Cerwin and Benjamin Ritchey Heat Treating Corner...........................................................................................................................................................................14 Chuck Hartwig, P.E. OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT COVID-19: Coming to the end of 2020 . . . and then what?.................................................................................................16 Johanna Fabrizio Parker Get Out of Your Box!............................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Drew Locher INDUSTRY NEWS Finkl Steel Parent Company Changes Name .......................................................................................................................... 20 Enprotech Industrial Technologies Expands Manufacturing Operations.................................................................. 23 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Acquires ArcelorMittal USA ................................................................................................................. 25 State of Ohio Recognizes Transcon Conveyor for 60 years of Operation................................................................. 26 Asahi Forge Group Completes New Ring Mill Plant .............................................................................................................. 29 Welcome New Members................................................................................................................................................................... 30 FIA Upcoming Events ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 FORGING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Enhancing Tool Life Via Manipulation of the Elastic Strain Field of the Dies During Forging ........................... 32 Gracious Ngaile, Hao Pang, Daniel Santiago, Bharatharajan Subramaniaraman, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Die Surface Texture and Metal Flow Effects ............................................................................................................................ 44 Joseph Domblesky, Andrew Matcha, Kyle Wolf, and Ross Crowley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University How Forging Simulation Saves Time and Money.................................................................................................................. 52 Tom Ellinghausen, Forge Technology, Inc., Stanislav Kanevskiy, QForm Group and Sergey Stebunov, QuantorForm