Specialty forgers can manufacture custom, high-quality, seamless rolled rings for the oil & gas industry in a variety of materials and finishes in as little as eight weeks.
In the oil and gas industry, seamless rolled rings serve as critical components in wellhead equipment, drilling tools, valves, and connectors.
These precision-forged rings are often found in applications where it is critical to withstand the challenging conditions encountered in exploration, extraction, and refining processes. Seamless rolled rings can be used in the manufacture of wellhead components to provide durability and reliability when extracting oil and gas from wells; in drilling operations to ensure components can withstand the forces and pressures involved; in oil and gas pipeline valves to contribute to system integrity and performance; and in pipeline connectors and couplings to contribute to the safe, efficient transport of product.
For the oil and gas industry, obtaining large seamless rolled rings in a timely manner remains a significant challenge. Currently, it may take many months to receive the forged components after placing an order. This delay can have a severe impact on the production and maintenance schedules of industrial firms that depend on replacement parts.
Rings are typically provided with a rough surface finish, which necessitates the use of CNC machining to achieve the required level of smoothness. This poses a challenge for machine shops with a high workload, as allocating machine time for finishing inevitably leads to a decrease in production speed and an increase in costs, ultimately impacting the end-use cost or profitability.
Fortunately, manufacturers can rely on industry-leading forging specialists capable of producing large, custom, seamless rolled rings, and contoured seamless rolled rings with the required surface finish in under two months. One example, All Metals & Forge Group, an ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D manufacturer of custom and standard open die forged parts and seamless rolled rings can cost-effectively deliver these components with the required finish within 8-10 weeks.
The range of forged products includes rings, discs, hubs, blocks, shafts (including step shafts or with flanges), sleeves, gear blanks, cylinders, flats, hexes, rounds, plates, and custom shapes. Carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and aluminum are among the materials used for forging. These forgings meet rigorous industry specifications such as ASTM, AMS, AISI, ASME, Boeing, SAE, GE, DIN, ASME B 16.5, ASME B16.47, and API 6A.
To optimize efficiency and reduce costs, All Metals & Forge Group frequently provides near-net-shaped forged parts with more refined surface finishes of 250 RMS, and even as low as 125 RMS.
For more information, contact All Metals & Forge, LLC at 75 Lane Road, NJ 07004; (973) 276-5000; Canada 416-363-2244, toll-free (800) 600-9290; fax (973) 276-5050 or visit http://www.steelforge.com.