AST’s in-house processes and onsite technology at our Oxnard, CA facilities are engineered to improve your component’s material performance, eliminate costly welds, and help you scale production efficiently.
With everything handled under one roof—from rotary forging to flow forming and metal spinning—we meet your mission-critical aerospace and defense demands faster and more reliably.
If your component supplier doesn’t offer in-house forging and forming, you’re paying for markups from unnecessary third parties. We eliminate the middleman to protect your budget.
Managing multiple specialized suppliers leads to logistics delays, miscommunication, and missed deadlines. AST’s all-in-one manufacturing approach ensures your aerospace and defense projects stay on schedule.
Inferior grain structure and weak mechanical properties compromise your component’s strength and durability, resulting in failed tests and costly rework. Our precision rotary forging processes refine the grain structure, providing the high-performance reliability required for space launch missions.
Rotary forging is a specialized precision manufacturing process that uses both rotational and axial forces to shape metal with extreme accuracy. Unlike conventional forging, where the material is simply compressed, rotary forging carefully controls the grain flow, significantly increasing the mechanical strength and durability of the component.
Rotary forging creates a strong, consistent base before moving to other critical steps of producing a seamless aerospace part, such as metal spinning, flow forming, heat treating, and precision machining.
This method is ideal for producing mission-critical rocket “thrust” components, including:
Where both weight reduction and high-pressure structural integrity are critical for flight success.
With over 15 years of experience in rotary forging for space applications, AST stands apart as the only U.S.-based company offering the “Triple Threat” of specialized manufacturing: Rotary forging, flow forming, and metal spinning—all under one roof at our Oxnard, CA facilities.
We handle everything in-house, from material selection to final quality checks. This means fewer delays, reduced miscommunications, shorter lead times, and more dependable delivery schedules for your aerospace and defense projects. By maintaining a vertically integrated domestic supply chain, we ensure every component meets quality standards and hits your critical space launch deadlines.
With AST’s in-house rotary forging, you avoid the extra expenses and markups of outsourcing to third-party providers. By managing everything from rotary forging to final inspection under one roof at our Oxnard, CA facilities, we streamline aerospace component production, reduce unnecessary supplier costs, and pass those savings directly on to you. Our integrated domestic supply chain ensures you get the highest quality launch industry parts without the overhead of a fragmented manufacturing process.
Our precision rotary forging process enhances the internal grain structure to produce stronger, more durable aerospace components. By applying both compressive and rotational forces, we achieve a refined grain flow that significantly boosts tensile strength and fatigue resistance, ensuring your parts meet the space launch industry’s most rigorous testing and quality standards.
Rotary forging offers significant advantages over conventional forging methods, especially for the high-stakes needs like the space launch industry. Here’s why:
Rotary forging controls the internal grain structure of the metal, improves mechanical properties, and results in stronger, more durable rocket thrust components that can withstand the extreme thermal and pressure conditions of space launches.
By minimizing material waste through near-net-shape forming, rotary forging allows for greater efficiency in production. This not only reduces overall project costs but also optimizes the final weight of titanium and superalloy parts, which is a critical factor for space launch applications and payload efficiency.
The rotary forging process delivers higher dimensional accuracy and an improved surface finish, significantly reducing the need for secondary machining and ensuring consistent and compliant quality with every part.
By having the option to forge the initial billet ourselves in-house, we eliminate the reliance on external suppliers, allowing us to move directly to metal spinning, flow forming, and precision machining with zero delay.
Our rotary forging process produces critical rocket components like combustion chambers and motor cases with superior strength, durability, and precision – all tailored to meet the rigorous demands of space launch applications.
Our rotary forging machines are designed to handle complex and large-scale rocket components with extreme precision.
With cutting-edge equipment capable of producing the space industry’s largest diameter components, we ensure consistent quality and superior mechanical properties for every part.
As one of the few companies in the United States offering this heavy-duty rotary forging capability, we provide the domestic reliability and scale your aerospace and defense projects demand.
Perfect for tubular components, flow forming provides precise wall thickness control, optimizing material use and strength for applications in space and defense industries.
Designed for cone-shaped components, metal spinning offers cost-effective and flexible shaping, ideal for creating complex forms quickly and efficiently.
At AST, quality is paramount. We are an ISO 9001 certified company, ensuring that every step of our process meets the highest industry standards.
From initial consultation to final testing, we work closely with you to select the best process for your needs, whether it’s rotary forging, flow forming, or metal spinning.
By keeping everything in-house, we maintain complete control over quality and lead times, ensuring your project stays on schedule and meets the most stringent aerospace engineering specifications.
You provide the initial project parameters, including specific dimensions, material grades, and requirements.
Your AST manufacturing expert assesses project feasibility and potential metallurgical challenges to ensure the design is optimized for large-scale production.
We provide expert advice on achieving ideal outcomes through near-net-shape forming and precision engineering.
We help you compare the rotary forging process to other manufacturing options on cost, production speed, and structural performance to ensure the best fit for your budget.
Once we determine that advanced metal spinning is the ideal process for your mission, we’ll kick off your project!
Ready to streamline your production and elevate your components? Contact AST today to discuss how our flow forming services can meet your space and defense needs. Our expert team is ready to deliver components that exceed expectations—on time and within budget.
Yes, that is our specialty.
All rotary forging is done hot in order to facilitate the forming of the material.
Rotary forging is best suited to round parts in various thicknesses and diameters.
Yes, we make all our tooling.
Rotary forging does not produce a surface finish per se. The finish is done through subsequent machining operations.
Yes, we specialize in short lead-times and small production runs.
We forge parts for the automotive, space and aerospace markets.
We preform both in process and first part inspection of the product to ensure it meets both dimensional and quality requirements.
We provide heat treating, spinning and machining operations post forging.
