Flame cutting a ring from plate is not always viable
or economical when meeting material requirements.
A custom forged ring allows greater versatility and
improved quality while reducing material cost.
When flame cutting, all corner stock and the full center slug is lost even though you pay for it.
As desired thickness of the ring increases, availability of plate sizes and grades drastically decreases.
Uni-directional grain flow of plate increases susceptibility of ring to fatigue failure.
The forging process moves and shapes material to ordered ring size with minimal material waste.
Required ring thickness has no effect on the virtually limitless combinations of sizes and grades available.
The porosity and laminations sometimes encountered in plate is eliminated with a custom forged ring.
Contoured grain flow within forged ring yields optimum combination of strength, toughness and fatigue resistance.
Forging allows size variety and material savings
Material
4340
Finished Size
46-5/8" O.D. X 26-1/4" I.D. X
6-5/8" Face
Material Needed to Produce
Forging = 2,925 lbs.
Plate = 5,090 lbs.
Material
1021
Finished Size
22-5/8" O.D. X 17" I.D. X 9" Face
Material Needed to Produce
Forging =700 lbs.
Plate = 1,580 lbs.
Material
1045
Finished Size
52-1/4" O.D. X 19-3/4" I.D. X 31" Face
Material Needed to Produce
Forging = 19,500 lbs.
Plate = Unavailable at this thickness
43%
MATERIAL SAVINGS
56%
MATERIAL SAVINGS
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