Forging Solutions and CNC Machining

Industrial Machinery

Alloy steel ranging from 4140, 4150, 4330, 4330V, 4340, 1045, 1080, ASTM A350 Grade LF2 and Grade LF6, plus 304 and 316 stainless steel. Aluminium grades such as 6061, 7050 and 7075.

• Rotary equipment: large kiln tires, rollers, trunnions, gears, rolls, shafts and pinions
• Transmissions: rings and open die forgings for gears, trunnions and pinions
• Handling equipment: forged rings, contoured rings, discs and open die forgings
• Medical equipment: big bearings for medical scanners
• Pumps and valves: flanges, rolled rings and discs
• Autoclaves: forged machined head flange, shell flange, locking ring and closures
• Tool and dies: rolled rings and blocks for tooling purposes
• Pulp and paper: shafts, rollers, canter heads, hubs, segments, axles and adapters, conical and drum chipping heads, powerhead canters, turnknives for chipping heads
• Heat exchangers and pressure vessels: flanges, tube sheets and nozzles
• Food equipment: rolled rings and forgings machined for pellet mills, centrifugal baskets and juice processing equipment

Construction and Mining

All mining specific grades in carbon and alloy steels, selected to give extended service life.

• Wheel loaders: hoists, hollow tubes, spindle drive, ball and socket joints
• Excavators: forged support rings and bearings
• Shovels: swing gears, roller paths, carrier ring blanks, rims, swing pinions, hoist gears, swing shafts, mounting plates, rim gears, sheaves, hubs, hoist drums and lower rollers
• Mining trucks: rods and pistons, rims, ring breaks, hollow tubes, hoists, spindle drive and rears
• Motor graders: circles, rims and spindle drive

Oil and Gas

Custom tailored forgings used in onshore and offshore applications and at all stages of exploration, drilling, production, distribution, refining and storage.

• Blowout preventers, casing and special connectors, closures
• Drilling and production tools, risers, flex joints, fracking equipment
• Jacking systems, manifolds, mooring systems, mud pumps
• Pipeline connections, repair systems, rotary tables
• Valves, wellheads, fluid ends, sand separators and heat exchangers

Power Generation

A wide range of nickel based alloys and stainless steels such as 718, Waspaloy, 230, X, 617, 625, 901, 903, 909, HR-120, 105, CrMoV, NiCrMoV, X22CrMoV, 304 and 310.

• Steam turbines: diaphragm rings, nozzle rings, diffuser rings and flanges
• Gas turbines: inlet rings, shroud rings, retaining rings, seal rings, support rings, blade rings, outlet rings, casings and heat shields
• Generators: forgings for medium to large generators and motors
• Compressors: casings, heads and impellers

Wind Power

Custom engineered forged components in 4140, 4340, S355NL, S420NL, 42CrMo4, 18CrNiMo7-6, 30CrNiMo8, 34CrNiMo6, A350 Grade LF6 and 1552.

• Gears: forged rings for case or through hardening in 42CrMo4, 34CrNiMo6, 18CrNiMo7-6 and 30CrNiMo8
• Flanges: strength to support and join tower sections for the life of the turbine
• Main shafts: forged shafts that carry axial and radial loads through turbine operation
• Couplings: for high torque and high speed transmission
• Flanges for transmission towers: for new generation, grid extension, maintenance and repair
• Bearings: pitch, yaw and main hub bearing requirements

Semiconductor

Forged parts for processing equipment with strict requirements for electrical properties, anodisation quality and dimensional stability on final machining. Available aluminium grades include 6061, 5083, 3003 and 6082 in annealed and aged hardened tempers.

Aerospace

Alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminium alloys, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys and titanium alloys. Common superalloy grades include Alloy 718, Alloy 718 Plus, Alloy 242, Alloy C263 and Alloy 783. Common titanium grades include Ti 6-4 and Ti 6-2-4-2.

• Rotorcraft and jet engines
• Military and space
• Aerostructures