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A Design Study in Steel Castings - Steel Plates in BOP Valve                                        

Insert Plates -- Description

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A typical steel insert plate is an angled flat steel bar with thickened flanges on the two ends.
Pacific Steel produces more than 3,000 of these steel plate castings in various configurations every year for the drilling equipment industry.
  • A typical plate is 14" long and 6" wide. The center of the bar is 2 inches thick while the end flanges are 3 inches thick.
  • A typical plate has a weight of 25 pounds, depending on size.


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