Scot Forge
Search Home Literature News Site Map Customer Service Employment Contact Us RFQ
About Scot Forge Forging Facts Metalworking Alternatives Design Services Markets Products Material Selection Equipment and Processes Help/Support
 
Hydro Applications

Hydro ApplicationsWhere can you get high strength, cavitation-resistant metal parts that provide long service life and meet your most demanding hydro application requirements?

What supplier understands your downtime concerns
and has the inventory and processing capabilities to offer short lead times and breakdown service?

Just call Scot Forge!

The Benefits of Working with Scot Forge

Forged Parts for Hydro Applications
  • Runner stationary
    and rotating wear
    and seal rings; seal,
    seat and wear rings
    for valves; sleeve
    valves
  • Gate components:
    chain links, track
    wheels, rollers, wear
    strips, pins, wicket
    gates, bushings, con-nector arms
  • Shafts: turbine shafts, valve shafts, wicket gate shafts; shaft components: thrust pads, bushings, seals, bolting flanges
  • Turbine hub bushings for Kaplan and bulb-type turbines
Fast Delivery and Breakdown Service
Hydro ringsBecause we know you can’t afford extensive delays in the field, we deliver parts quickly. And in the case of breakdowns, our scheduling system allows for daily entry of emergency orders for immediate production response.

A Vast Inventory of Materials
Scot Forge maintains an extensive inventory of ferrous and nonferrous raw material. Hydro-specific materials include stainless,
such as F6NM, precipitation hardenable, nitronic, and the 300- and 400-series grades, as well as aluminum bronze, and nickel aluminum bronze.

Technical Assistance and Cost Reduction Recommendations
Rough machined copper nickel nozzles
Our experienced metallurgists and sales engineers can offer the most cost-effective way to produce your parts, through alternate material options, single or reduced component forging designs versus weldments, or other cost-savings methods.

Flexible Sizes and Shapes
You can order single piece or high volume quantities in rings, shafts, bushings, wear strips, pins and more, in part weights from 1 lb. to 80,000 lbs.

Forging Advantages
Forgings provide superior performance and service life over castings and fabrications.
Forging provides:

Structural Strength
Forgings provide unmatched structural integrity by consolidating the ingot center. This eliminates internal voids which can cause field failures. Their superior strength promotes part reliability, lengthening service life.

Directional Grain Flow
The forging process produces directional grain flow that results in improved mechanical properties. Proper orientation of grain flow also assures maximum impact strength and fatigue resistance.


Comparative Analysis
When Compared to… Open Die and Rolled Ring Forged Metal Parts Deliver…
Weldments/Fabrications
  • Superior and more consistent metallurgical properties
  • Reduced labor, rejection and rework/replacement costs
  • Stronger parts due to the elimination of welds
  • Single-piece design and inspection efficiencies
  • Simplified production requirements
When Compared to… Open Die and Rolled Ring Forged Metal Parts Deliver…
Castings/
Centrifugal Castings
  • Directional grain flow and superior final part strength
  • Structural integrity and product reliability
  • Reduced process control and inspection requirements
  • More predictable response to heat treating

Click to download Adobe AcrobatA copy of Forging Solutions for Machine Shops from Scot Forge is available in pdf format. To view pdfs, you will need Acrobat Reader. Download a free copy if needed.
847-587-1000
©2005 Scot Forge. All Rights Reserved.
800-435-6621