ASTM A234 WPB Standard Specification
ASTM A234 is Standard Specification for steel pipe fittings
includes carbon and alloy steel material for moderate and high
temperature services.
Forging is the manufacturing process of ASTM A234 WPB pipe
fittings.
- W = WELDABLE / wrought
- P = RELATED TO P NUMBER OF ALLOY MATERIAL
- B = REFER TO MINIMUM YIELD OF MATERIAL
Grades in ASTM A234
ASTM A234 specification has many grades, such as WPB, WPC, WP11,
WP12, WP22, WP91 and so on.
In these standard Grade WPB is the most common material used for
medium and high temperature pipelines. W means weldable, P means
pressure, B is grade b, refer to the minimum yield strength.
The source raw material of ASTM A234 WPB steel pipe fittings may be
from steel pipe, such as ASTM A106 Gr.B and C. Also from steel
plate, as ASTM A285 Gr.C, ASTM A516 Gr 70, ASTM A572 etc.
Process
Killed steel, with forgings, bars, plates, sheet, and seamless or
fusion-welded tubular products with filler metal added. Forging or
shaping operations performed by hammering, pressing, piercing,
extruding, upsetting, rolling, bending, fusion welding, machining,
or by a combination of two or more of these operations.