What is a Forged Valve? | Common Uses in Oil & Gas, Power, and Chemical Industries
A refinery in the Middle East experienced a high-temperature cracking failure in a cast steel valve — post-incident analysis traced the origin to shrinkage porosity in the as-cast structure; the facility subsequently replaced all Class 600 and above valves with forged equivalents and established an internal policy mandating forged valves as the default choice, marking […]
