Solutions for cost effective and high-quality machining of oil and gas valve body features
A valve regulates, directs or controls the flow of fluids or gases by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways.
Valves are widely used in the oil and gas industry for sea floor, land, on- and offshore applications. Valves are made in various sizes and materials.
Facts and component characteristics
Material:
- Austenitic stainless steel 410, CMC 06.32
- Steel 4130, 4140
- Steel with cladded Inconel 625 inlay
- Solid Inconel 625 and 718
- Super duplex and duplex
Key component features
- Cavity bore
- Valve seat pocket
- Bolt holes
- Seal ring grooves
Tooling solutions for machining of oil and gas – valve body features
CoroMill® MS20 – pocket milling, face milling, full slotting, hole making (helical ramping)
- Use M-M20 geometry for excellent chip formation and evacuation in sticky materials
- M-M30 geometry gives higher security in tougher materials (duplex). Higher edge line toughness of the geometry allows the insert to be used with higher productivity (high cutting data) in stable operations
- Use E-L50 geometry for long overhang applications where a sharper and hence lighter cutting edge will help reduce vibrations
- Robust steel shank design ensures better stability and less deflection
- The two cutting edges have equal tool life and the M-M20 geometry provides predictable and gradual wear characteristics, especially in austenitic stainless steel
CoroMill® 419
For roughing of solid material, use Helical interpolation with a high feed milling concept.CoroMill® 419 is a high-feed milling concept with five edges for roughing to semi-finishing. It offers excellent performance in many material groups and has great possibilities for optimization.
CoroBore® BR30
For Semi finishing of a cladded layer, do semi finish boring using our CoroBore® BR30 multi-edge solution. Very productive multi-edge tool, available from three to eight cutting edges, for maximum metal removal rate. Short and rigid tool assembly provides high stability and rigidity.
CoroBore® 826 HP
For finishing of a cladded material, do fine boring with our CoroBore® 826, single edge boring solution. With the unique high precision coolant directed to the cutting edge, CoroBore® 826 HP ensures excellent chip control and chip evacuation. In combination with the stepwise scale setting of the tool, this is the most user-friendly and secure option for fine boring.
Silent Tools™ - Overcome vibrations when machining long overhangs
To keep chips flying at a high rate, it is important to reduce vibration as much as possible. Silent Tools™ dampened boring bars minimize vibrations. In this way, a high metal removal rate is possible.
CoroTurn® SL adaptor interface
CoroTurn® SL is a modular system of adaptors and cutting heads with which you can build customized tools for a variety of turning applications with a minimum amount of items. The robust coupling and many combination possibilities makes it ultimate for building a tool for machining complex components.
Animation of Valve seat pocket solution
SpiroGrooving™
SpiroGrooving™ is a revolutionary solution for secure and productive machining of seal ring grooves on non-rotating components. The solution manufactures API standard grooves, provides close hole tolerances and fine surface finish. It is based on standard tools and dedicated SpiroGrooving™ software, for an optimized result.
Key benefits
- Considerably reduced cutting time through higher cutting data
- Very high process security – the SpiroGrooving™ tool path provides excellent chip control and constant chip thickness
- Wide application flexibility with minimized tool inventory based on the CoroBore® XL system
- Quick and easy programming with the unique CNC code generator
More about SpiroGrooving™
The Sandvik Coromant solution
Machining of bolt holes involve many challenges. Our solution to achieve low cost per hole, excellent hole and thread quality in a predictable process is our CoroDrill solutions.
- Higher productivity with CoroDrill® 880
- Reliability with CoroDrill® 870
- CoroTap® 300- XM for threading of blind holes
Coromant Capto® is a modular quick-change tooling concept offering three systems in one. Benefits with Coromant Capto® are:
- Flexible with extensive modularity
- High basic stability and accuracy
- Minimized tool inventory
- Reduced set-up time
Coromant Capto® Plus – Predictive maintenance
With Coromant Capto® Plus you can predict the maintenance need of your driven tool holder and plan accordingly.
CoroDrill® 860 - Optimized multi-material drilling solution
CoroDrill® 860 with -GM geometry is a high-performance drilling solution for short holes primarily in ISO P, M, K and H materials. It performs competitively in ISO N and ISO S materials as well. The drill offers robust process security, high hole integrity and excellent tool life
Customer values using tools from Sandvik Coromant
Our tooling solutions give the opportunity to reach high total productivity on two levels: metal cutting efficiency and machine utilization. Below are some key values our tools can offer:
- Increased productivity and tool life
- Secure and predictable process
- Vibration-free machining with Silent Tools™
- Good chip control thanks to cutting heads with high precision nozzle technology
- Highly effective process with Helical interpolation
- Good reach and accessibility
- Consistent hole diameter
- Component quality - great surface finish and close tolerances
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