BROOKS FORGINGS LIMITED
14 highly specialised lifting bail bars that are used to lift crucibles of molten aluminium at a treatment plant.
Specialised Lifting Bail Bars For Bahrain Processing Plant
This was the first collaboration project between Brooks Forgings and W.H.Tildesley since them joining the Brooks Engineering Group in April 2017.
We believe that we are one of a very limited number of manufacturers worldwide who could undertake and complete this project successfully.
The bail bar had to be hot forged to achieve the directional grain flow required for strength and resilience. It was obligatory to provide full traceability and testing at all stages of production. This was supplied to the customer at each stage for approval. The project entailed numerous processes including upset forging, drop forging, hot bending, machining and an extensive testing regime.
Starting with fully certified and ultrasonically tested AISI 4140 round material, Brooks upset forged both bar ends using one of 16 forging cells on-site. These pre-formed ends were then drop forged by WHT.
The components were hot bent to a 51° angle using specially designed tooling.
Company details
- Incorporated:
- 08 December 1976
- Industry:
- Advanced manufacturing