Since the stainless steel container is deformed in the forging process as well, high temperature uniaxial compression tests were conducted for stainless steel and FGH96. Tests at temperatures of 900 1C, 1000 1C and 1150 1C and strain rates of 0.1 s1, 1.0 s1 and 10.0 s1 were performed using the computer-controlled thermo- mechanical simulator Gleeble 3800.