Inconel 617 Forged Rings manufactured at TorqBolt are corrosion resistant,high temperature resistant with ultimate tensile strength.
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 renowned as registered trademarks like Inconel,Incoloy,Incoloy Alloys. Being a PED certified Fasteners Manufacturer by TUV Rheinland,our fasteners are accompanied with EN 10204 3.1/3.2 certification. Inconel 617 Forged Rings are available in hot forged,cold forged and bar stock machined conditions depending upon the order quantity.
Inconel 617 Forged Rings — Forged Ring Specifications
Inconel 617 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 Inconel 617 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
Inconel 617 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 Inconel 617 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
Inconel 617 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.
Inconel — Nickel-Chromium Superalloys
Inconel alloys are nickel-chromium-based superalloys engineered for service where standard stainless steels cannot survive. The Inconel family combines high-temperature strength (typically retained up to 700-1100°C depending on grade) with outstanding oxidation and chloride-pitting resistance.
The most widely specified grade is Inconel 718, an age-hardenable Ni-Cr-Fe-Mo-Nb composition strengthened by γ' (Ni₃Al,Ti) and γ'' (Ni₃Nb) precipitates after solution + double-age heat treatment per AMS 5662 / 5663. Inconel 625 is solid-solution strengthened by Mo+Nb, supplied in the as-annealed condition, and weldable without post-weld heat treatment. Inconel X-750 uses Ti+Al precipitation hardening for spring + bolt applications to 700°C. Inconel 600 / 601 are general-purpose grades for furnace and heat-exchanger fasteners.
Typical specifications: ASTM B637 (forged bar), AMS 5662/5663 (rod/bar), ASTM B446 (625 bar), DIN 17752/17754 (round/forged). NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 sour-service envelopes available on most grades when supplied in the correct heat-treat condition. PREN values for chloride pitting resistance typically exceed 50 across the Inconel range.
