what is the difference between wrought and foged 1

[xiexienins]

what is the difference between wrought and foged
some material standard show wrought steel or forged steel
what is the difference of this two words?

 

[metengr]

xiexienins;
Wrought can mean - rolled, forged, extruded or combination of the previous forming methods that shapes the item into final form. So, forging is a subset of wrought product forms.

Forged - is a distinct forming method.

 

[tomwalz]

'Wrought' means 'worked'.

Just a footnote to metengr's excellent answer.

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.

http://www.carbideprocessors.com

Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.

 

[tbuelna]

xiexienins,

I interpret "wrought" to mean that the stock has been mechanically worked in one direction (ie. rolled or drawn), so it has a predominantly longitudinal grain flow . I interpret "forged" to mean that the stock has been mechanically worked in more than one direction, thus resulting in a grain flow that somewhat follows the shape of the forging. The resulting properties would differ mostly in the transverse grain direction.

Hope that helps.
Terry

 

[metengr]

tbuelna;
Interesting interpretation but how do you reconcile cross rolling of plate products, a non-wrought product????

 

[saberblue]

In my industry MWFs we have two big groups of metals Wrought and Cast with lots of variations with in the two big groups

A.R. "Andy" Nelson
Engineering Consultant
anelson@arnengineering.com