Traditional, Nuclear, and Renewable Power Generation Forging Expertise

Weldaloy Specialty Forgings provides world-class forging solutions to traditional, nuclear, and renewable power generation customers. Our in-house engineering and metallurgist teams work alongside our forging and machine shop crews to produce forgings to your exact specifications, resulting in defect-free parts that will endure prolonged exposure to extreme environmental conditions and chemicals.

From simple to complex shapes, Weldaloy produces forged products that will satisfy your most demanding requirements:

  • Full/Segmented Rings: Adapters, end rings, commutator rings, flanges, impellers, locks, motor ends, nozzles, pacers, retainers, seals, shear resistances, shorting rings, sleeves, split rings, stators, tube sheets
  • Shafts: Generator and turbine rotors
  • Discs and Hubs: Adapters, covers, impellers, nozzles, suction/discharge end caps, tube sheets, wheels
  • Bearings: Hydrodynamic fluid film bearings, tilting pad thrust bearings, and other specialty bearings.

We have more than 75 years of experience in forging various non-ferrous alloys suited for the demanding needs of the power generation applications, including stainless-steel, titanium, copper and super alloys.

History of Power Generation Forging

Modern power generation processes dates back to the 1800s with the use of using wire and magnets to create electrical currents. This method continues to be used today to generate electricity. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution at the end the 19th Century, electrical production had become commercialized. Additional methods to create electricity, including the use the of steam engines, also became widely used to provide electricity, and also provided power to operate boats and trains. As a result, electricity became more readily available, and public buildings and businesses were able to have electricity.  

Today, power generation continues be a continuously evolving industry. New technological advances has allowed the power generation sector to continue to grow – and new energy sources have been discovered.

Forged End Rings

Split-Ring Commutators

Commutator Rings

Tilting Pad Thrust Bearings

Slip Rings

Shorting Rings

Hydrodynamic Fluid Film Bearings

Specialty Bearings

“Weldaloy’s is responsive, knowledgeable, and honest.”

Types of Power Generation

There are many forms of primary energy sources that can create electrical energy in an economically and resourceful way. All forms of power generations have their own .

The burning of fossil fuels, such as diesel, natural gas, or coal, is the most commonly used energy source. 

Rain / water is used to spin generations to create power 

The use of controlled nuclear, or fission, reactions to create power 

Also known as wind energy, wind turbines collect the wind’s kinetic energy and converts it into electrical energy.

The use of collecting photovoltaic cells from sunlight, is also a form of energy source to create energy.

Why Weldaloy

Why is Weldaloy Specialty Forgings the ideal partner for your company? There are several key components that prove Weldaloy is the ideal for your business.

Our Process

Weldaloy Specialty Forgings strives to meet every expectation that our customers require, with quality work at every level of production—from RFQ to the order’s delivery. Our processes allow us to keep the customer at the center of everything we do, making them a vital member of our team!

Our Capabilities

Weldaloy Specialty Forgings has a wide range of capabilities for your most challenging job. Forging, heat treat, rolled rings and machining are just some of the services we offer. Our facilities span over 115,000 sq. ft. of office and manufacturing space that house a ring mill, a 2,000-ton press, and five drop hammers ranging from 2,000-4,000 lbs. We are continuously making updates to our facilities to expand our capabilities, and to ensure we continue to meet the demands of our clients.

Engineering Capabilities:

  • CAD/CAM system-
  • SolidWorks
  • FORGE Forging
  • Simulation Software
  • SOP for control of CNC
  • Machine Programs

 

Testing Capabilities:

  • Chemical composition analysis
  • Mechanical testing (tensile-yield-elongation)
  • NDT Testing (dye penetrant, UT, radiographic)
  • Hardness, Conductivity, & Grain Size Analysis

Our Team

When you work with Weldaloy Specialty Forgings, you have a whole team behind your order that ensures our work is meeting the required standard. Weldaloy employs a highly skilled team of metallurgists with aerospace industry experience for projects with specific grain size and direction requirements, and ensures that our finished products meet mechanical and other testing standards. Weldaloy also has a well-staffed team of engineers that oversee our production processes, and at every step of production, our team of Quality experts verifies that our products meet the standard.

We focus on the small details to make sure our customers are getting the best quality in our products!

Our Certifications

Weldaloy Specialty Forgings is committed to making sure our accreditations are always up to date, ensuring a culture of consistency and attention to detail.

Our qualifications include:

  • AS9100D/ISO9001:2015
  • ITAR Registered

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