In this paper, we investigated the process of rotary forging of commercially pure copper grade M2 using standard and special-shaped anvils and presented the results of studies obtained by the method of numerical and physical modeling. It is established that the use of anvils with special geometric shapes provides a higher level of accumulated strain and the formation of more dispersed structural states with the same elongation ratio under conditions of multi-cycle processing [1]. The formation of a finer structure in its turn increases the hardness and strength of the material. In addition, the special shape of the anvils provides a positive field of values of the Lode-Nadai coefficient in the cross section of the samples, predominantly in a range of 0.3-0.7 and, correspondingly, a more "comfortable" stress state close to non-uniform all-round compression, which contributes to increasing technological plasticity.
