Calmet is a leading global provider of high-quality forgings and castings with expertise in precision machining, heat treatment, and surface finishing. Founded in 2005, Calmet has grown to become a trusted partner to a diverse range of industries including aerospace, defense, automotive, oil and gas, and construction.
Calmet's forging capabilities include open die, closed die, and ring rolling, with the ability to produce parts ranging from a few pounds to over 10,000 pounds. Their advanced forging techniques and state-of-the-art equipment allow for precision shaping of complex geometries, ensuring optimal performance and durability of the finished product.
In addition to their forging capabilities, Calmet also offers a wide range of secondary services including machining, heat treatment, surface finishing, and assembly. Their skilled team of engineers and technicians work closely with customers to develop tailored solutions that meet their specific requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality components that exceed expectations.
With a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, Calmet is dedicated to providing exceptional products and services to their clients around the world. They are ISO 9001:2015 certified, and their rigorous quality control measures ensure that every product meets the highest standards of performance and reliability.
Aluminum forging is a method for processing aluminum alloys using pressure and heat to form high strength, durable products. The process of aluminum forging involves pressing, pounding, and squeezing an aluminum billet, workpiece, or cylinder under great pressure to create parts that have high strength...
Cold Forging
Cold forging is a metal shaping & manufacturing process in which bar stock is inserted into a die and squeezed into a second closed die. The process, completed is at room temperature or below the metal‘s recrystallization temperature to form a metal into a desired shape or configuration...
Copper & Brass Forging
Copper and brass forging is the deformation of copper and brass for the purpose of manufacturing complex and intricate shapes. The temperature at which copper and brass are forged is precision controlled and monitored due to their...
Drop Forging
Drop forging is a metal working process that shapes and forms a metal bar or billet placed between two dies. The metal piece is compressed, under great force, into the form and shape of the dies to produce a product or component...
Forging
Forging is a metal working process that manipulates, shapes, deforms, and compresses metal to achieve a desired form, configuration, or appearance outlined by a metal processing design or diagram...
Forging Steel
Forging steel is a manufacturing process used to shape steel by using localized compressive forces, which include hammering, pressing, and rolling. It is a widely used method for producing high quality steel products with exceptional tolerances. The steel for forging is produced...
Open vs Closed Die Forging
In this article, there are key terms that are typically used with open and closed die forging and it is necessary to understand their meaning. Forging is a process in manufacturing that involves pressing, hammering, or...
Rolled Ring Forging
Rolled ring forging is a metal working process that involves punching a hole in a thick, solid, round metal piece to create a donut shape and then squeezing and pressuring the donut shape into a thin ring...
What is Forging?
The ancient art of forging falls into two distinct categories – hot and cold where hot forging has been around for centuries while cold did not begin until the industrial revolution of the 19th Century. Though they are quite different ...
Aluminum Casting
Aluminum casting is a method for producing high tolerance and high quality parts by inserting molten aluminum into a precisely designed and precision engineered die, mold, or form. It is an efficient process for the production of complex, intricate, detailed parts that exactly match the specifications of the original design...
Types of Casting Processes
The casting process is an ancient art that goes back several thousand years to the beginning of written history. The archeological record has finds that document the use of the casting process over 6000 years ago around...
Sand Casting
Sand casting is a manufacturing process in which liquid metal is poured into a sand mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape and then allowed to solidify. Casting is a manufacturing process in which...
