Covers all of the salient manufacturing stages on which the production of quality forgings depends, namely, steel melting, refining and remelting procedures, control of segregation and solidification in both large and specialized ingots, forging procedures, and achievements which contribute to improved integrity in response to application demands.
Foreword
Overview
Turbine and Generator Forgings Chapter 1 : The Development of Improved Forgings for Modern Steam Turbines Chapter 2 : Influence of Advanced Steelmaking Technology on Specification Trends for Rotor Forgings Chapter 3 : The Effect of Alloying Elements and Steelmaking Processes on The “A” Segregation Occurrence in Large Ingots
Rotor Manufacture Chapter 4 : Development of Integral High-Pressure–Low-Pressure Combination Rotor Forgings Chapter 5 : Manufacture of Differentially Heat-Treated Turbine Rotor Forgings Chapter 6 : Manufacturing of Welded Polyblock Turbine Rotors for Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Plants; Optimization of The Steel Grade; Effect of Impurities Chapter 7 : New 2Cr-Mo-Ni-W-V Steel for High-Pressure Rotors Chapter 8 : Mechanical Properties of Advanced Technology 1Cr-Mo-V Steam Turbine Rotor Forgings Chapter 9 : Soft-Martensitic Stainless Cr-Ni-Mo Steel for Turbine Rotors in Geothermic Power Stations
Rotor Assessment Chapter 10 : Metallurgical Analysis of Flaws in Carbon-Molybdenum and Nickel-Molybdenum-Vanadium Turbine Rotor Forgings Chapter 11 : The Fracture Toughness of Actual and Simulated Large Rotor Forgings Made from 3.5Ni Steel Chapter 12 : Integrity of Full-Integral, Low-Pressure Nuclear Turbine Forgings Chapter 13 : In-Service Inspection Test and Evaluation Techniques for Large Generator Rotors
Generator Retaining Rings Chapter 14 : The Development of New Materials for Nonmagnetizable Retaining Rings and Other Applications in The Power Generating Industry Chapter 15 : 18–18 Corrosion-Resistant Retaining Rings for Nuclear Power Plant Generators
Pressure Vessel and Nuclear Forgings Chapter 16 : Seamless Shell Course Forgings For Heavy-Wall Reactor Vessels: A Forgemaster's Critical Review Chapter 17 : Evaluation of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Forging Chapter 18 : Evaluation of The Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Forging by French Laboratories Chapter 19 : Optimizing Mechanical Properties of Specialty, Stainless, and Heat-Resistant Alloy Steel Forgings by Thermomechanical Processing
Forging Processing for Pressure Vessel and Nuclear Application Chapter 20 : Application of New Types of Ingots to The Manufacturing of Heavy Pressure Vessel Forgings Chapter 21 : Integral Forged Pump Casing for The Primary Coolant Circuit of A Nuclear Reactor: Development in Design, Forging Technology, and Material Chapter 22 : Manufacturing of Large and Integral-Type Steel Forgings for Nuclear Steam Supply System Components Chapter 23 : Advanced Technology of Heavy-Section Tube Sheets for Nuclear Power Generation Chapter 24 : Best Possible Heat Treatment of Steel SA 336 F22 for The Production of Forged Shells with Heavy Walls Chapter 25 : Production of A 304 Stainless Steel Nuclear Reactor Forging from A Very Large Electroslag Refined Ingot
General Industrial Forgings Chapter 26 : Survey of New Developments in Forging Techniques and Equipment Chapter 27 : Forging Force Requirements with Special Regard to Shear Resistance of The Forge Material Chapter 28 : Forging of Long-Stroke Crankshafts by The TR Method
Manufacture and Application Chapter 29 : Cryogenic Mechanical Properties of A286 Alloy and 304LN Stainless Steel Used in Fabrication of Support Struts for Superconducting Magnets Chapter 30 : Steel Forgings for a Tension Leg Platform Anchoring System¯The Design and Management Contractor's Experience of Their Manufacture and Testing
Test Methods and Forging Assessment Chapter 31 : High-Sensitivity, Immersion, Ultrasonic Testing of Steel Forgings Chapter 32 : Hydrogen¯Its Occurrence, Determination, and Control in Steel Forgings Chapter 33 : Failure Analysis of Hot Forging Dies