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36 Tube Products International May 2014
products & developments
Stainless steel flanges and
forged fittings
Hilton Metal Forging Ltd is a producer
of forged components, with a capacity
to manufacture in the size range 0.5 to
750kg in closed-die forgings.
Products include stainless steel forged
flanges, high-pressure fittings (socket
weld and screwed ends), elbows, tees,
cross, couplings and lap joint stub
ends.
Products are supplied in a wide range
of grades, including 304L/1.4307,
316L/1.4404, F321/1.4541, 316Ti/
1.4571, Duplex, Super Duplex, 904L,
Inconel and Monel, and are used in
many industries and sectors, including
oil and gas, refineries, petrochemical
and engineering.
Hilton Metal Forging has a full range of
facilities, from cutting shop to finished
product and quality control in-house.
The cutting shop is equipped with a
number of fully automated bi-metallic
band saws, allowing it to meet forging
capacity with minimum cutting losses.
The forge shop with a 2-tonne,
3-tonne bell drop, 16-tonne Russian
pneumatic hammer, and a 2,000-
tonne forging press, has an installed
capacity of 14,000tpy, and allows the
production of forged components that
can be customised as per customer
specifications.
Machining standards are maintained for
all forged components as a result of the
CNC machines installed.
Hilton Metal Forging has its own
in-house heat treatment facility, allowing
complete control over the quality of
forged components. Various heat
treatment processes can be undertaken
in accordance with customer
requirements and standards.
The company also has a fully equipped
die shop, with a 3-axis vertical machining
centre along with other supporting
machines.
High quality dies and tools are used to
make precision dies.
All products undergo stringent
quality checks at each stage of the
manufacturing process, and the
company has complete in-house quality
control and laboratory facilities.
All necessary equipment is available
to check forged products, including
physical, chemical and impact tests.
Hilton Metal Forging Ltd – India