B16 Brass Forged Rings manufactured at TorqBolt are wear and corrosion resistant antimicrobial copper zinc alloy .
Dimensional standards as per DIN 471,DIN 472,DIN 5417,DIN 983,AS 568,BS 1806,ISO 3601,DIN 3771 are provided.
The raw material of these fasteners is classified as non-ferrous alloys. Being a PED certified Fasteners Manufacturer by TUV Rheinland,our fasteners are accompanied with EN 10204 3.1/3.2 certification. B16 Brass Forged Rings are available in hot forged,cold forged and bar stock machined conditions depending upon the order quantity.
B16 Brass Forged Rings — Forged Ring Specifications
B16 Brass Forged rings are seamless rolled or open-die forged components used as pressure-vessel flanges, valve bodies, hub-mount blanks, and shaft-end retention rings. TorqBolt supplies B16 Brass Forged rings per ASTM A182 (forged flange standard), ASTM A266/A668 (carbon ring), and EN 10222 (pressure-purpose forging), in OD sizes from 50 mm up to 3000 mm.
Forging Process
Rings are produced via either seamless ring rolling (radial-axial mill, for OD > 200 mm) or open-die hammer forging (for short-run / oversize parts). Reduction ratio ≥ 4:1 from billet to final ring is enforced for grain-flow continuity. Heat treatment is per the alloy spec — solution-anneal + quench + age for precipitation-hardening alloys; quench & temper for low-alloy steels.
Dimensional Tolerance
B16 Brass Forged rings are supplied to ASTM A788 dimensional tolerances by default: OD ±1.5 mm or ±1% (whichever is larger), ID ±1.5 mm, height ±0.8 mm. Tighter tolerances (machined finish, ±0.1 mm) available for direct-mount applications. Out-of-roundness controlled to 1.5 mm; concentricity 0.2 mm/100 mm.
Mechanical Testing
Each ring lot ships with full mechanical certification: tensile (ASTM E8), Charpy impact (ASTM E23) at the application's MDMT, hardness traverse, and grain size per ASTM E112. For B16 Brass Forged ring stock destined for hydrogen / sour service, additional HIC testing (NACE TM0284) and SSC testing (NACE TM0177) per the customer's spec.
Surface & Inspection
B16 Brass Forged rings ship rough-machined or finish-machined per drawing. Standard NDT: 100 % UT (ASTM A388 reference) and surface MT/PT to ASTM E709 / E165. Radiography on request. Each ring is hard-stamped with heat number, lot, and certification reference for traceability through the dispatch chain.
Copper-Nickel & Cupronickel Alloys
Copper-nickel (cupronickel) alloys combine copper's bio-fouling resistance with nickel's strength and corrosion enhancement. The two production grades dominate marine + desalination service where titanium is too costly: 90/10 Cu-Ni (~90% Cu, 10% Ni) and 70/30 Cu-Ni. Cu-Ni alloys are the only commercial materials inherently resistant to marine bio-fouling, eliminating the need for antifouling coatings on heat-exchanger tubes and ship hulls.
C70600 (90/10 Cu-Ni) is the high-volume marine alloy: yield ~105 MPa, used for desalination tubing, condenser tubes, hull cladding, and offshore piping fasteners. C71500 (70/30 Cu-Ni) increases nickel for higher strength (~160 MPa yield) and better seawater erosion-corrosion at higher flow velocities — the choice for naval condensers and high-pressure desalination. C71640 (70/30 + Fe + Mn) extends service to even higher flow rates.
Cu-Ni fasteners ship per ASTM B151 (rod/bar) and B171 (plate/forging) with EN 10204 3.1 / 3.2 certificates. Welding uses ERCuNi or ENiCu-7 filler with low-heat-input technique to avoid hot cracking. NACE MR0175 sour-service application is limited; ammoniacal stress-corrosion can occur if exposed to NH₃ in service.
