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Since 1876, Bonney Forge has pledged to manufacture quality products that exceed customers’ expectations for all-round performance. This mission still applies today across the company’ s current product scope, which includes forged valves, cast valves and an exceptional range of fittings. Speaking to Valve World, Paul Heald and Antonio Sonzogni confirm
Bonney Forge can serve a wide range of customer needs, including commodity valves for MRO activities, engineered valves for severe service applications and complex packages involving multiple( actuated) valve types for worldscale projects.
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Pictured here is one of many state of the art machining centres that are carefully engineered to manufacture valve bodies and bonnets. Using robotics, Bonney Forge Europe has increased its throughput and quality of product.
Bonney Forge: a fully integrated global manufacturer
Asked about Bonney Forge’ s strengths, Mr. Heald( Vice-President of Product Engineering, Specialties and China Operations at WFI Bonney Forge in Texas) immediately focused on the company’ s fully integrated manufacturing and forging activities.“ While many companies have long outsourced their forging requirements, we have expressly chosen to continue running forge operations at both of our US facilities as well as in Italy,” says Mr. Heald.“ Having our own forging means we can produce the exact items we need, to our quality standards and to our timeline. We truly are a fully integrated manufacturer. Customers who purchase a Bonney Forge valve are buying a product that has been designed, forged, machined, assembled and tested in-house.” Mr. Sonzogni( Managing Director of Bonney Forge Europe( B. F. E.) in Bergamo, Italy) echoes his colleague’ s assertion regarding the added value of the forging operations.“ Today, B. F. E. is almost unique in Europe as a manufacturer with in-house forging. Benefits include the fact that we have absolute control over quality, as we can test both raw materials and finished forgings at will using a wide range of non-destructive tests. For example, dye penetration and ultrasonic examination.” The same attention to detail and quality is present at Bonney Forge’ s China operations where cast valves are produced. Castings continuously undergo sample testing in accordance with ASME B16.34 Special Class NDE requirements. Additional thirdparty sample testing is performed when finished cast valves arrive at Bonney Forge.“ Providing a product that meets and exceeds industry standards is simply the Bonney Forge way,” states Mr. Heald.
Diverse customer base
Reflecting its international standing, Bonney Forge can assemble large valve packages for
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