Which is better? Forging manual and machine.
Would suggest that the nature of this black-and-white movie that the consumer does not know the technology (he is not obliged to know!) And some "clever"-producers successfully use it. They give customers a hand-forged (which is always valued above), design, produced by cold deformation of metal - bending, twisting, etc. Sooner or later the truth comes out outside, and around here starts a substitution of notions - the consumer knew that he had been deceived, and he forged to the machine automatically begins to treat badly. And this mood is now flying in the air. Comrades! The machine is not done nothing wrong!
A cold forging is not worse or better than hot. Assume that the manual and machine forging - is two different ways of making wrought irons, and solve different problems. Compare - it makes no sense. For decorative machine products are inferior hand, it is an undeniable fact, but the question "Which is better?" - The answer is no.
Machines that produce forging, are designed for mass production. And if you want to make a lot of simple single type of product - have the support of intelligent machine, and brilliantly copes with this task. Agree that the fence around the park in length of 3 kilometers, it is not required to be a masterpiece.
Hand forging is usually solves the more complicated - stylistic. Style home sets a certain tone for all that around. The fence and gates must "get" the architecture of the building, the grid in the interior should be decorated with a frieze perekliknutsya or a pattern on the floor. And when we see the inspiration wrought staircase and balcony railing on the exhale and the gate outside, all these different products must be "sound", as different instruments in a band - this is such a problem can be solved only artist and blacksmith, and can not run the machine from standard parts.
Many complex structures are obtained by assembling the cast, extruded, forged components, turning parts. Such a combination in some cases, reduces labor costs, which can reduce the cost of the product.
Here the leaves are flat stamping. The blacksmith asked her the desired silhouette. And the result - after the hot stamping process becomes a man-made form. At this point, the leaves could be handmade, but in this project, the artist considered it possible to use a forged billet, as leaves are not strongly influence the composition, but would affect the price of the product. The same painting railings with handmade leaves will be more expensive by 10-15%.
Thus, the manual and machine forging - which is better? No definite answer. All is well, wherever appropriate. All's well that well-done and called a spade. For every problem - its decision. The best solution - this is the one that suits you.
