A forged tee is a branch component machined from a single forging rather than formed from pipe: run, branch and crotch are one piece of steel, which is what allows the wall to be thickened locally where a formed tee would thin.
These are drawing-based parts rather than catalogue pipe fittings. Run size, branch size, bore, wall thickness and branch angle all come from the drawing, along with the machining datum and allowance. Work covers valve tees, manifold tees, custom branch forgings and tee blanks for later machining. Grades are carbon and low-temperature steels, stainless, alloy and duplex, to the ASTM or EN standard named.
Branch angle and the crotch geometry where run meets branch are the two things a drawing has to be unambiguous about, because they set both the forging route and the machining datum. Parts go into pressure piping, valve assemblies, manifolds and oilfield equipment. Inspection is a dimensional report with a branch geometry check, UT, MT or PT, the heat-treatment record and MTC 3.1.
Product family: Valve and Pressure Forgings
Forged tee RFQs are reviewed by drawing geometry, branch dimensions, material grade, forging process, machining allowance, NDT and documentation requirements.
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| Branch component scope | Forged tees are controlled by main body size, branch size, bore, wall thickness, angle and pressure geometry. |
| Supplied variants | Valve tee forgingsPipe tee forgingsCustom branch forgingsPressure tee componentsMachined forged teesDrawing-based tee blanks |
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| Typical review basis | Custom branch components, valve tees, manifold tees and drawing-based forged tee blanks. |
| Critical dimensions | Run size, branch size, bore, wall thickness, branch angle, allowance and machining datum. |
| Inspection depth | Dimensional report, UT/MT/PT, heat-treatment record, MTC 3.1 and branch geometry checks. |
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| Best-fit RFQ | Best for forged tee, valve tee and custom branch component RFQs. |
| Buyer application | Pressure piping, valve assemblies, manifold components, oilfield equipment and custom branch connections. |
Your standard, drawing revision and project specification govern.
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We confirm each step against your drawing or standard before we quote.
Material grade, heat number, certificate basis and substitution limits are checked against the Forged Tees drawing or standard before procurement is released.
The forging route is selected around branch geometry, wall transitions, pressure zones and machining allowance so the pressure component is not treated as a generic flange blank.
Heat treatment is planned around pressure-service material requirements, wall thickness, NDT scope and mechanical-test records required by the valve or equipment drawing.
Rough machining establishes port, branch, body or bonnet datum surfaces and verifies whether enough stock remains around pressure-wall transitions.
Final machining controls ports, branch bores, body faces, bonnet interfaces, wall transitions and drawing tolerances before dimensional inspection is issued.
Inspection covers dimensional report, MTC 3.1, PMI, pressure-component NDT notes and required UT, MT or PT records before release documents are matched to the PO.
Marking, packing and export documents are prepared by PO line item so the Forged Tees shipment can clear customs and be identified at site receiving.
List document requirements in the first RFQ; they affect price and schedule.
Because run, branch and crotch are then one piece of steel, which allows the wall to be thickened locally where a formed tee would thin.
The branch angle and the crotch geometry where run meets branch, because they set both the forging route and the machining datum. Run size, branch size, bore and wall thickness also come from the drawing.
No. They are drawing-based parts - valve tees, manifold tees, custom branch forgings and tee blanks for later machining - in carbon, low-temperature, stainless, alloy and duplex grades to the ASTM or EN standard named.
With a dimensional report that includes a branch geometry check, alongside the heat-treatment record and MTC 3.1, plus UT, MT or PT where the specification requires them.
Email quote@bldforgedirect.com with standard, drawing, material, quantity and inspection requirements.