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HEMANT SUTHAR QA/QC CEPL-SILVASSA 9712973092

sevak hiren Dear Concern, Please refer following para of SA-182

20/10/2012

5.4 The material shall be forged as close as practicable to the specified shape and size. Except for flanges of any type, forged or rolled bar may be used without additional hot working for small cylindrically shaped parts within the limits defined by Specification A 234/A 234M for low alloy steels and martensitic stainless steels and Specification A 403/A 403M for austenitic and ferritic-austenitic stainless steels. Elbows, return bends, tees, and header tees shall not be machined directly from bar stock.

5.5 Except as provided for in 5.4, the finished product shall be a forging as defined in the Terminology section of Specification A 788.

I suggest to use forged product instead of wrought product.

Definition of steel forging

The product of a substantially compressive plastic working operation that consolidates the material and produces the desired shape. The plastic working may be performed by a hammer, press, forging machine, ring rolling machine, or forging rolls, and must deform the material to produce an essentially