<p>A hot forging equipment that enables production of hot forged items excelling in fatigue properties and cold workability. There is provided a hot forging equipment comprising, arranged in sequence on a carrier line, a heating furnace for heating a steel material and a hot forging machine for forging the heated steel material, wherein on the exit side of the hot forging machine, there is disposed a partial cooing unit for partially cooling forged items having undergone the hot forging.</p>