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Lesson 12·Failure analysis
Common build failures: what actually goes wrong on the shop floor
The recurring build screwups that scrap forge dies in the first 50K cycles, grouped by where in the build chain they originate, and the inspection step that catches each one before it ships.
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A new H13 hot-forge die ships with a certificate showing 50 HRC, the nitride house delivers a 0.30 mm case per spec, and the die cracks across the parting line at hit #80. The post-mortem finds retained austenite at 18 percent in the bulk and a single temper cycle on the heat-treat traveler. What was the build error and what inspection catches it next time?