Recreational Vehicles
Calling Michigan our home has many benefits, including the ability to experience all four seasons. Whether you’re riding dirt bikes and motorcycles in the warmer summer months or driving snowmobiles in the winter, we forge critical parts that help you stay on the trail.
Learn more about the forged components we produce for recreational vehicles or contact us today to request a quote.
Forgings for Recreational Vehicles
- Balance Shafts
- Connecting Rods
- Helix
- Pivots
- Steering Arms
- Control Arm
- Pitman Arms
- Stop Joint
- Roll Bar Joints
- Ball Joint Housing
- Yokes
- Steering Yokes
- Uprights
Our Current Capabilities
- Impression Die Forging
- Press Forging
- Symmetrical & Asymmetrical Forgings
- Custom Tooling
- Resinks
- Induction Heating
- 3D Prototyping
- Reverse Engineering
- Machining
- Pre- & Post-Forming
How Our Forging Process Works
Trenton Forging offers some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry, with most projects only taking several weeks to complete. Estimated timelines will vary based on the volume and complexity of your order, but we will always provide you with the most accurate timeline.
Our forging process includes the following steps:
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- Custom Die Development: Our expert team builds custom dies (tooling) based on CAD models, sample components, blueprints, and other information that you provide to us. Most custom tooling and sample forgings can be produced within two to three weeks.
- Raw Material Acquisition: When you approve the final design of your custom tooling, we’ll order the correct grade and diameter raw material needed for your project from one of our steel mills.. Once we receive the raw material, we’ll cut them into billets with our efficient CNC cold saws.
- Preheating & Preforming: At Trenton Forging, we utilize induction heating units to reduce waste heat. During this stage, we preheat billets to a predetermined temperature and then preform (or shape) them, so it fits into your custom tooling.
- Impression Die Forging: Our team will determine which forging equipment is most efficient for your project. We will either compress preforms (preformed billets) using a forging press or air-lift, gravity-drop hammers. This stage takes between one to three days, depending on the size and complexity of the project.
- Shot Blast Cleaning: Once forgings have been produced, we trim away the flashing and leave it to cool in a controlled environment. Then, we’ll remove scale and clean the component’s surface via shot blasting. Shot blasting generally takes one day to complete. However, if your project requires post-forging heat treatments, this can add up to two additional weeks to the project timeline.
- Quality Assurance: As an ISO-certified manufacturer, Trenton Forging ensures quality through comprehensive hand inspection, digital inspection or magnetic particle inspection (depending on application requirements). We will always inspect your forgings before we ship them to you.
Why Work With Trenton Forging?
Trenton Forging is a U.S.-based forging manufacturer that specializes in impression die forging. Since our founding in 1967, we’ve produced thousands of forged components for recreational vehicles and other industries. You can trust us to provide durable, and reliable parts. To ensure quality in our process, we maintain an ISO 9001 certification and consistently evaluate our processes. Over the years, we’ve incorporated newer and better technology, identified ways to reduce process waste, and provided some of the best turnaround times in the industry.
Get Started With a Quote Today
Ready to blaze the trails and develop unique recreational vehicle parts with Trenton Forging Company? Fill out our online form today to get started with a quote.