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What is the difference between "wrought" and "forged"?

What is the difference between "wrought" and "forged"?

What is the difference between "wrought" and "forged"?

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Do you guys know what the difference is between "wrought" and "forged" when it comes to pipe fittings?

This is very confusticating.  For example, A234 fittings are described as "wrought" in most of the catalogs.  But I thought A234 was also a forging?  Aren't A234 welding fittings actually forged?

Signed,
Confused Pete

Thanks!
Pete

RE: What is the difference between "wrought" and "forged"?

Sounds like just different words to me.

Welded steel pipe fittings are made from pipe-like blanks.  So yes, they are formed into shape while hot.  But not just hammered out of a cube of steel as you might imagine from the term "forged".

RE: What is the difference between "wrought" and "forged"?

Wrought by definition means condition of material, where the material has been formed into shape by various methods; forging, rolling, hammering, extruding, drawing, etc. So, forging is a method of shaping materials that are labeled as wrought materials.

Your  example are fittings that can be formed from rolled plate or fittings that can be final forged into shape. So, there can be differences.

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