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Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115 Forgings: W.Nr. 2.4636 Nickel-Chromium-Cobalt Superalloy

🇩🇪 W.Nr. 2.4636 Billet, bar, forgings & parts: BS HR 4 Aerospace: AECMA prEN 2196 & 2197 AICMA: Ni-P102-HT DIN designation: NiCo15Cr15MoAlTi AFNOR: NCK 15ATD 📜 NIMONIC®: Special Metals Corp. (we do not sell under this brand)

Published: 20 May 2019 · Last updated: 11 August 2026 · Technically reviewed by the Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. Metallurgical Engineering Team · Property data verified against Special Metals publication SMC-094 and the specifications cited in Technical References.

Key Facts: Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115 (summary for quick reference)

Alloy 115 (NIMONIC alloy 115, W.Nr. 2.4636) is a precipitation-hardened nickel-chromium-cobalt superalloy strengthened with molybdenum, aluminium and titanium, developed as a creep-resisting alloy for service at temperatures up to about 1010 °C (1850 °F), originally for aircraft gas-turbine blades.

  • Nominal chemistry: 14.0–16.0% Cr, 13.0–15.5% Co, 3.0–5.0% Mo, 4.5–5.5% Al, 3.5–4.5% Ti, 0.12–0.20% C, 0.01–0.025% B, 0.15% Zr max, balance nickel.
  • Aluminium plus titanium is about 9%, one of the highest of any wrought superalloy. That gives roughly 55–60% γ′ volume fraction, which is the source of both its creep strength and its difficulty in forging and welding.
  • Heat treatment: 1½ h at 1190 °C, air cool, followed by 6 h at 1100 °C, air cool. This is the standard and only normal delivery condition for forged bar.
  • Physical properties: density 7.85 g/cm³ (0.284 lb/in³); melting range 1260–1315 °C; specific heat 444 J/kg·°C at 20 °C; thermal conductivity 10.6 W/m·°C at 20 °C; electrical resistivity 139 µΩ·cm at 20 °C.
  • Dynamic Young's modulus falls from 216 GPa at 20 °C to 141 GPa at 1000 °C. Mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion rises from 12.0 × 10⁻⁶/K over 20–100 °C to 17.0 × 10⁻⁶/K over 20–1000 °C.
  • Weldability: Alloy 115 sits deep in the strain-age cracking zone of the Al–Ti weldability diagram. Fusion welding is not recommended for load-bearing joints; a one-piece forging is the correct engineering answer.
  • No widely used UNS number exists. Order against W.Nr. 2.4636 with BS HR 4 or AECMA prEN 2196/2197 to avoid ambiguity.

Who manufactures it: Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd., an open-die forging factory at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China, produces Alloy 115 forged rings, seamless rolled rings, discs, shafts, bars, flanges, sleeves and near-net parts to drawing. Material is EAF + VOD + ESR melted (VIM + VAR on request), solution treated and aged, ultrasonically tested to EN 10228-3, SEP 1921 or ASTM A388, and supplied with EN 10204 3.1 or 3.2 certification. Contact: 0086-189-2135-9659 · sales@steelforgepieces.com.

W.Nr.2.4636Ni-Cr-Co
Service1010°C max
Al + Ti≈9%nominal
γ′ fraction≈55%volume
Density7.85g/cm³
Melting1260–1315°C
E at 20 °C216GPa
Solution1190°C / 1½ h
Trademark notice. NIMONIC®, INCONEL®, INCOLOY® and UDIMET® are registered trademarks of Special Metals Corporation. HAYNES® and HASTELLOY® are registered trademarks of Haynes International. René® designations originate with General Electric. Material made by those companies and sold under those brand names is theirs. Material produced by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. is correctly described as Alloy 115 to W.Nr. 2.4636: the same generic chemistry, manufactured independently. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any trademark holder named on this page.

What Forged Shapes Are Available in Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115?

Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. manufactures Alloy 115 by three routes, selected by geometry and quantity. Open-die forging is the primary route and covers discs, shafts, blocks, sleeves and blade blanks. Seamless ring rolling produces rings and flange blanks where a continuous circumferential grain flow is required. Upset forging is used for short, large-diameter discs and hubs.

Alloy 115 is one of the hardest wrought superalloys to forge. Its aluminium plus titanium content of about 9% puts roughly 55–60% of the microstructure into γ′ precipitate, which raises hot flow stress enormously and narrows the usable working window to roughly 100 °C. That is why the size envelope for this grade is far smaller than our general factory capacity, and why the number of reheats is planned before the billet is ever put in the furnace.

Primary route

Forged discs & blanks

To 800 mm diameter, 40–300 mm thick. Turbine disc blanks, seal plates, nozzle carriers, cover plates.

Ring rolling

Seamless rolled rings

150–1,200 mm OD, wall from 30 mm, height to 350 mm. Combustor rings, spacer rings, flange blanks, retaining rings.

Open die

Shafts & spindles

To 2.5 m length, 60–350 mm diameter. Rotor shafts, spindles, eccentric shafts for hot-section service.

Bar

Round bar & blade blanks

20–300 mm diameter. Turbine blade blanks, exhaust valve blanks, valve stems, fastener stock.

Machined from forging

Flanges & nozzles

Forged flange blanks and nozzle bodies machined to drawing. Alloy 115 flanges are made from forgings, not from plate.

Open die

Sleeves, bushings & blocks

Sleeves and bushings 50–600 mm OD; rectangular blocks and near-net blanks to 1,000 kg single-piece weight.

What Is Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115?

Alloy 115 is a precipitation-hardened nickel-chromium-cobalt superalloy, material number 2.4636, strengthened with additions of molybdenum, aluminium and titanium. It was developed as a creep-resisting alloy for service at temperatures up to about 1010 °C, as turbine blades for aircraft gas turbines. It is the strongest and the most highly alloyed member of the wrought Nimonic series.

The chemistry does three jobs at once. About 15% chromium provides oxidation resistance at temperature. About 14% cobalt raises the γ′ solvus so the strengthening phase survives hotter before it dissolves. And 3–5% molybdenum stiffens the nickel matrix by solid-solution strengthening. On top of that sit the two elements that define the alloy: 4.5–5.5% aluminium and 3.5–4.5% titanium, which precipitate Ni₃(Al,Ti), the γ′ phase, at a volume fraction of roughly 55–60%.

Two consequences follow from that chemistry, and they matter more than any single datasheet number:

  • It is a blade-class alloy, not a disc alloy. The γ′ fraction that gives Alloy 115 its creep strength at 950–1010 °C is the same thing that makes it hard to forge into large sections. Disc alloys such as Waspaloy and Udimet 720 deliberately trade some γ′ away in exchange for forgeability and fatigue performance in thick sections.
  • It is effectively not fusion weldable in load-bearing joints. With Al + Ti around 9%, Alloy 115 sits far inside the strain-age cracking region of the classic Al–Ti weldability diagram. Designs that would be welded in Inconel 718 must be made as one-piece forgings in Alloy 115.

Typical service is anywhere metal has to carry load in air above about 900 °C for thousands of hours: gas-turbine blades and blade rings, hot-section discs and spacer rings, high-performance reciprocating-engine exhaust valves, and hot-gas-path hardware in industrial turbines.

The name is not a composition code. Unlike Alloy 27-7MO or 25-6MO, the "115" in Alloy 115 does not encode chemistry. It is simply the next number in the Nimonic development series after 105. Do not read it as 1.15% of anything.

How Did Alloy 115 Develop? A Short Timeline

1940s

The Nimonic series begins

Nimonic 75 and Nimonic 80 are developed in the United Kingdom to give the first jet engines a turbine blade material that survives its own exhaust. The nickel-chromium base with small aluminium and titanium additions establishes the γ′ strengthening principle that every later alloy in the series builds on.

1950s

Cobalt and molybdenum enter the recipe

Nimonic 90 adds cobalt; Nimonic 105 adds molybdenum and raises aluminium. Each step buys roughly 50 °C of useful service temperature, and costs forgeability, because each step raises the γ′ volume fraction.

1960s

Alloy 115 arrives at the top of the series

Aluminium is pushed to 4.5–5.5% and titanium to 3.5–4.5%, giving an Al + Ti total near 9% and a γ′ fraction around 55–60%. The result is a wrought alloy usable to about 1010 °C, close to the practical ceiling for any forgeable nickel-base alloy, at the cost of a very narrow hot-working window.

1970s–1980s

Casting overtakes forging for blades

Directionally solidified and single-crystal castings displace wrought alloys in the hottest turbine blade rows. Alloy 115 stays in service for blades and hot-section parts where a wrought structure, and the toughness that comes with it, is preferred over a casting.

Today

A specified repair and replacement material

Alloy 115 remains an active specification for blade blanks, hot-section rings and discs, exhaust valves and replacement parts on engines and industrial turbines already designed around it. Most orders now are made-to-drawing forgings in small quantities rather than mill product.

What Designations and Specifications Cover Alloy 115?

Alloy 115 is unusual among superalloys in that it has no widely used UNS number. Purchase orders that name only "Alloy 115" or "Nimonic 115" without a material number or specification are a common source of confusion between buyer, trader and forge shop. The unambiguous identifier is W.Nr. 2.4636.

Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115: designations and specifications by product form
SystemDesignationApplies to
Werkstoff (material number)2.4636All forms; the primary unambiguous identifier
Trade nameNIMONIC® alloy 115Special Metals Corporation product
British StandardBS HR 4Billet, bar, forgings and parts
AECMA (aerospace)prEN 2196, prEN 2197Bar and forgings for aerospace
AICMANi-P102-HTHeat-treated condition
DIN designationNiCo15Cr15MoAlTiDescriptive chemical designation
AFNOR (France)NCK 15ATDFrench national designation
UNSNone in common useQuote 2.4636 instead
Watch for "DIN 17754" on older datasheets. A number of supplier pages, including earlier versions of this one, quote DIN 17754 as the governing standard for Alloy 115. Special Metals publication SMC-094 does not list it; the designations it publishes are BS HR 4, AECMA prEN 2196 and 2197, AICMA Ni-P102-HT, DIN NiCo15Cr15MoAlTi and AFNOR NCK 15ATD. If your drawing calls out DIN 17754, ask the design authority to confirm what was intended before the material is bought.

🔎 Designation & Specification Lookup

Type any name, number or specification you have been given and see every equivalent designation for the same alloy.

Covers Alloy 115 and the neighbouring wrought nickel superalloys we forge. Designations are cross-references, not certificates of equivalence. Always confirm against the specification revision named on your drawing before ordering.

What Is the Chemical Composition of Alloy 115?

The limits below are the nominal composition published by Special Metals in bulletin SMC-094. Every heat we forge is analysed by spectrometer and the result is reported on the mill test certificate against these limits.

Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115 (W.Nr. 2.4636): nominal composition, weight %
ElementMinMaxWhat it does in this alloy
Nickel (Ni)Balanceγ matrix former; the base of the alloy
Chromium (Cr)14.016.0Oxidation resistance; forms the protective Cr₂O₃ scale
Cobalt (Co)13.015.5Raises the γ′ solvus so strength survives to higher temperature
Aluminium (Al)4.55.5Primary γ′ former, Ni₃Al; the main strengthening element
Titanium (Ti)3.54.5γ′ former, Ni₃(Al,Ti); also forms MC carbides with carbon
Molybdenum (Mo)3.05.0Solid-solution strengthening of the γ matrix
Carbon (C)0.120.20Forms MC and M₂₃C₆ carbides that pin grain boundaries
Boron (B)0.010.025Grain-boundary strengthening; large effect on stress-rupture life
Zirconium (Zr)0.15Grain-boundary strengthening, works with boron
Iron (Fe)1.0Residual from charge materials
Silicon (Si)1.0Residual / deoxidation
Manganese (Mn)1.0Residual
Copper (Cu)0.2Residual
Sulphur (S)0.015Impurity; kept low for hot workability and rupture ductility
Lead (Pb)0.0015Tramp element; embrittles grain boundaries at temperature
The 0.0015% lead limit is not boilerplate. At 15 parts per million it is one of the tightest tramp-element limits in any wrought alloy, and it is the reason Alloy 115 cannot be melted from mixed scrap. Lead, bismuth and selenium segregate to grain boundaries and destroy stress-rupture life at service temperature. When you compare quotations, confirm that the melt route actually controls these elements. This is where a cheap offer usually differs from a compliant one.

What Are the Mechanical Properties of Alloy 115?

Typical room-temperature values for forged bar in the fully heat-treated condition, after 1½ h at 1190 °C air cooled plus 6 h at 1100 °C air cooled:

Alloy 115: typical room-temperature mechanical properties, fully heat treated
PropertyMetricImperial
Tensile strength, Rm1300 MPa189,000 psi
0.2% proof stress, Rp0.2850 MPa123,000 psi
Elongation at break, A25%25%
Dynamic Young's modulus, E216 GPa31.3 × 10⁶ psi

Strength is retained well at temperature, which is the whole point of the alloy, but the shape of the curve matters more than any single number. Tensile strength stays high to about 750 °C, then falls progressively as γ′ begins to coarsen and dissolve. Above roughly 900 °C the design-limiting property is no longer tensile strength at all but creep and stress rupture.

What your certificate will actually say. The values above are typical for forged bar. The properties of a finished forging depend on section size, forging reduction, grain size and the position and orientation of the test piece. The numbers that govern acceptance are the ones measured on a test piece taken from your own heat and heat-treatment charge, reported on your EN 10204 certificate. Specify the test-piece location and orientation on the purchase order if it matters to your design.

What Are the Physical and Thermal Properties of Alloy 115?

Alloy 115: physical properties
PropertyValueCondition / note
Density7.85 g/cm³ (0.284 lb/in³)Dependent on processing variables
Melting range1260–1315 °C2300–2400 °F; incipient melting sets the forging ceiling
Specific heat444 J/kg·°Cat 20 °C
Thermal conductivity10.6 W/m·°Cat 20 °C; about one quarter that of carbon steel
Electrical resistivity139 µΩ·cmat 20 °C
Crystal structureFCC γ + γ′Ni₃(Al,Ti) precipitate in a nickel matrix
Magnetic responseNon-magneticFully austenitic; magnetic particle inspection does not apply

Dynamic Young's modulus from 20 °C to 1000 °C

Modulus falls by about 35% across the working temperature range. Any thermal-stress or bolt-preload calculation that uses the room-temperature figure at service temperature will be badly wrong.

Alloy 115: dynamic Young's modulus, fully heat-treated material
Temperature (°C)E (GPa)Temperature (°C)E (GPa)
20216600182
100212700174
200206800167
300200900156
4001941000141
500188

Mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion

Alloy 115: mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion, 10⁻⁶/K. Figures subject to approximately ±5% variation due to processing.
Range (°C)α (10⁻⁶/K)Range (°C)α (10⁻⁶/K)
20–10012.020–60013.8
20–20012.620–70014.3
20–30013.020–80014.9
20–40013.220–90015.7
20–50013.520–100017.0
Use these two tables together when you design a joint. A ring of Alloy 115 clamped against a steel or cobalt-base part will grow differently on every start-up. Take α from the range that spans your actual temperature excursion, not the 20–100 °C figure, and take E at the hot end (156 GPa at 900 °C rather than 216 GPa at room temperature). Getting either one wrong is a common cause of bolt relaxation and flange leakage in hot-section assemblies.

Why Is Alloy 115 So Strong at Temperature? The γ′ Story

Every property that makes Alloy 115 attractive, and every difficulty it presents in the workshop, traces back to one microstructural fact: roughly 55–60% of its volume is γ′ precipitate.

γ′ is an ordered intermetallic, Ni₃(Al,Ti), that forms coherently inside the nickel matrix. Dislocations cannot cut through it easily, and because it is ordered, the resistance it offers actually rises with temperature over part of the range instead of falling. That anomalous behaviour is why a γ′ alloy can hold load at 950 °C when a solid-solution alloy of similar cost cannot.

The amount of γ′ you get is set almost entirely by aluminium and titanium. Alloy 115 pushes both near the practical limit:

Aluminium plus titanium content and approximate γ′ volume fraction of wrought nickel superalloys
AlloyAl %Ti %Al + TiApprox. γ′Practical consequence
Alloy 1155.04.09.0≈55–60%Highest creep strength; hardest to forge; not weldable
Udimet 7202.55.07.5≈45%High-strength discs; forgeable with tight control
Nimonic 1054.71.25.9≈40%One generation below 115 in temperature capability
Udimet 5003.03.06.0≈40%Blades and discs, moderate forgeability
Rene 411.53.14.6≈30%Weldable with care and post-weld heat treatment
Waspaloy1.43.04.4≈25%The classic forgeable disc alloy
Nimonic 80A1.42.43.8≈20%Exhaust valves, bolting; easy to forge and machine
Inconel 7180.50.91.4≈20% γ″Readily weldable; strengthened by γ″, not γ′

Read that table as a single trade-off curve. Moving down it buys forgeability, weldability and machinability; moving up it buys temperature capability. Alloy 115 sits at the top, which is exactly why it is specified, and exactly why it costs what it costs to make.

🧪 γ′ Volume Fraction & Forgeability Estimator

Enter the aluminium and titanium from your actual heat analysis and see where the material sits for γ′ content, forgeability and weldability.

γ′ volume fraction is estimated from the aluminium and titanium content using a linear correlation calibrated against published values for wrought Ni-Cr-Co superalloys, and is indicative only. A true measurement requires quantitative metallography to ASTM E562 or image analysis on an etched, aged sample. Al + Ti is also the primary axis of the classic strain-age cracking weldability diagram; see the strain-age crack risk tool for the weldability verdict.

How Does Alloy 115 Behave in Creep and Stress Rupture?

Above about 800 °C, Alloy 115 components are not designed against tensile strength. They are designed against creep, which is slow permanent deformation under a stress far below the yield point, and against stress rupture, the time to failure at a given stress and temperature.

Special Metals publishes the stress-rupture behaviour of Alloy 115 forged bar as a Larson-Miller master curve rather than as a table, because temperature and time trade against each other along a single parameter:

LMP = T × (20 + log₁₀ t) × 10⁻³, where T is absolute temperature in kelvin and t is time to rupture in hours. Two combinations of temperature and time that give the same LMP give the same rupture stress.

That relationship is what lets a 100-hour rig test at 1000 °C stand in for a 10,000-hour service prediction at a lower temperature. The converter below does the arithmetic in both directions. To read an actual rupture stress off the curve you still need Figure 2 of Special Metals bulletin SMC-094. We do not reproduce the curve here, and you should be sceptical of any supplier page that quotes single-point creep numbers without stating the stress, the temperature, the time and the source together.

📈 Larson-Miller Parameter Converter

Trade temperature against life. Convert a test condition into an equivalent service condition, or work out what life a temperature change costs you.

Uses LMP = T(C + log₁₀ t) with T in kelvin and t in hours; C = 20 is the constant Special Metals uses for the Alloy 115 master curve. The conversion assumes both conditions lie on the same rupture-stress contour, that is, the same applied stress. It is an interpolation aid for the published master curve, not a substitute for it, and it does not account for oxidation, thermal cycling, coating loss or microstructural drift over very long exposures. Do not use it to extrapolate far beyond the range of the source data.

🌡️ Service Temperature & Grade Suitability Check

Describe the duty and get a verdict on whether Alloy 115 is the right grade, over-specified, or not enough.

A screening aid built on the published service ceilings and known behaviour of the wrought Ni-Cr-Co superalloys we forge. It is not a design calculation and does not replace a creep-life analysis against the Larson-Miller master curve, a coating assessment, or the judgement of the design authority responsible for the component. Send the duty to sales@steelforgepieces.com and our engineering team will comment on grade selection at no charge.

How Is Alloy 115 Forged and Heat Treated?

Alloy 115 is at the difficult end of everything a forge shop does. Three things drive the process route.

A hot-working window about 100 °C wide

Incipient melting begins at 1260 °C, which sets a hard ceiling. Below roughly 1100 °C, γ′ re-precipitates and hot flow stress climbs steeply: the press stalls, the surface tears, and the piece cracks rather than flows. The usable window is therefore narrow, in practice around 1100–1200 °C, and the metal cools out of it fast because the alloy's thermal conductivity is only 10.6 W/m·°C. A section that has been on the anvil for ninety seconds is often already too cold to keep working.

The practical consequences: dies are preheated, transfer times are counted in seconds rather than minutes, and the number of reheats is planned as part of the forging sequence rather than decided on the shop floor. Reduction per pass is deliberately kept modest, because the alloy will not tolerate the heavy bites that a carbon steel accepts.

Melt cleanliness is bought, not inspected in

The 0.0015% lead limit, the 0.015% sulphur limit and the 0.01–0.025% boron window cannot be corrected downstream. Alloy 115 is melted EAF + VOD followed by ESR for industrial work, or VIM + VAR where aerospace-level cleanliness and inclusion control are specified. VIM + VAR costs more and takes longer; it is the right answer for rotating aerospace parts and the wrong answer for a static industrial ring. Decide before the billet is bought, and state it on the purchase order. See the drawing callout template.

The heat treatment is fixed and short

Unlike alloys with a menu of ageing options, Alloy 115 has one published cycle for forged bar:

Alloy 115: standard heat treatment for forged bar
StageTemperatureTimeCoolPurpose
Solution treatment1190 °C (2175 °F)1½ hAir coolDissolve γ′, homogenise, develop grain size for creep resistance
Ageing1100 °C (2010 °F)6 hAir coolRe-precipitate γ′ in a coarse, creep-stable form; stabilise carbides

Note how close 1190 °C sits to the 1260 °C melting point. Furnace uniformity has to be held tight. We work to ±10 °C or better and record the charts, because an over-temperature excursion on a superalloy of this composition means incipient melting at the grain boundaries and a scrapped forging that no amount of reheat treatment will recover.

Our production sequence for Alloy 115 forgings

  1. Billet procurement and verification. EAF + VOD + ESR, or VIM + VAR to order. Certificate reviewed against the 2.4636 limits, with particular attention to Pb, S, B and Zr, before the billet is accepted into the works.
  2. Preheat and soak. slow, staged heating to avoid thermal shock in a low-conductivity alloy. Soak time scaled to section thickness.
  3. Cogging and open-die forging. within the working window, dies preheated, reduction per pass controlled, reheats planned in advance.
  4. Ring rolling. where a ring is required, the pierced blank is rolled to size giving continuous circumferential grain flow.
  5. Solution treatment. 1½ h at 1190 °C, air cool. Furnace charts recorded and issued.
  6. Ageing. 6 h at 1100 °C, air cool.
  7. Rough machining. to your drawing, or to a surface suitable for volumetric inspection.
  8. Non-destructive testing. ultrasonic testing to EN 10228-3, SEP 1921 or ASTM A388 at the acceptance class on your order; penetrant testing to ASTM E165 where specified. Magnetic particle testing does not apply, because the alloy is non-magnetic.
  9. Testing and certification. chemistry, tensile, hardness, ASTM E112 grain size; EN 10204 3.1, or 3.2 with third-party witness.
  10. Marking, packing and despatch. heat number, grade and item number hard-stamped or vibro-etched so the part stays traceable to its certificate.

🔥 Forging & Heat-Treatment Recipe Generator

Enter the shape and section thickness and get a complete, printable cycle you can hand to a forge shop or heat-treatment vendor.

Heat-treatment temperatures are the published cycle for Alloy 115 forged bar from Special Metals bulletin SMC-094. Soak times scale at roughly 30 minutes per 25 mm of section above 25 mm. The hot-working window and reheat count reflect our own shop practice for this alloy and are indicative. The exact window depends on the γ′ solvus of the individual heat. Furnace uniformity should be held to ±10 °C or better. Always confirm final properties on test coupons taken from the same heat and heat-treatment charge.

Can Alloy 115 Be Welded? Strain-Age Cracking Explained

The short answer is no: not for load-bearing joints, and not without accepting real risk. Alloy 115 sits deep inside the "difficult to weld" region of the classic aluminium–titanium weldability diagram, further in than Udimet 700, Rene 41 or Waspaloy.

The failure mechanism is strain-age cracking. During welding, and again during any post-weld heat treatment, the heat-affected zone passes through the temperature band where γ′ precipitates rapidly. The material hardens while it is still contracting under restraint from the surrounding cold metal. Ductility collapses at exactly the moment the strain arrives, and the heat-affected zone tears, often days later, and often invisibly until the part is in service.

Al + Ti is the controlling variable, and it is why the diagram is drawn on those two axes. Inconel 718, at Al + Ti ≈ 1.4%, precipitates γ″ slowly enough that a weld can be completed and heat treated before hardening catches up; that is the entire reason 718 dominates fabricated aerospace hardware. Alloy 115, at Al + Ti ≈ 9%, has no such window.

Design consequence. If your part would be a weldment in 718 or 625, it must be a one-piece forging in Alloy 115. Where a joint is unavoidable, use a mechanical joint, a brazed joint qualified for the service temperature, or move the joint into a lower-γ′ alloy and transition away from the hot section. If a weld is genuinely unavoidable, treat it as a qualified special process: minimum-restraint design, welding in the solution-treated condition, a high-nickel or Ni-Cr-Mo filler chosen for ductility rather than matching strength, tightly limited heat input and interpass temperature, and a full re-solution treatment afterwards, with procedure qualification and NDT on production parts rather than on coupons alone. Weld repair of Alloy 115 is a specialist activity and is normally outside the scope of a forging supply contract.

⚠️ Strain-Age Cracking Risk & Weldability Check

Enter aluminium and titanium from your heat analysis, plus the joint conditions, and see where the material falls on the weldability diagram.

Positions the analysis on the aluminium–titanium strain-age cracking diagram widely used for γ′-strengthened nickel alloys, and adjusts the verdict for restraint, starting condition and post-weld heat treatment. It is a screening aid, not a weld procedure qualification. Any weld on a γ′ superalloy in a load-bearing or pressure-retaining application must be qualified to the applicable code with production-representative test pieces.

How Do You Machine Alloy 115?

Alloy 115 machines like the γ′ superalloy it is: it work-hardens instantly, conducts almost no heat away from the cutting edge, and contains hard MC carbides that abrade tooling. The three rules that matter more than any speed table:

  • Never dwell, never rub. A tool that stops cutting but stays in contact work-hardens the surface, and the next pass is then cutting a harder material than the one you programmed for. Feed continuously, and lift clear rather than pausing.
  • Take a deeper cut than feels comfortable. The depth of cut must get under the work-hardened layer left by the previous pass. A succession of light finishing passes is the single most common way to ruin both surface finish and tool life.
  • Flood coolant, at pressure, aimed at the edge. With thermal conductivity of 10.6 W/m·°C, heat that is not carried away by the chip and the coolant goes straight into the tool.

Rigidity in the setup, sharp positive-geometry tooling, and taking the material in the solution-treated condition where the sequence allows will all extend tool life. Where a feature is deep, narrow or otherwise unfriendly to a cutting tool, EDM is often faster and cheaper than fighting it.

🔧 Machining Parameter Calculator for Alloy 115

Choose the operation, the tool and the condition, and get an indicative starting point for speed, feed and depth of cut.

Starting values for a rigid setup with flood coolant, based on general practice for high-γ′ wrought nickel superalloys. Reduce speed by 20–30% for interrupted cuts, unstable setups or long overhangs. Ceramic tooling requires very rigid machines and high speeds and is unsuitable for interrupted cuts. Always verify on a test piece before committing an expensive forging. The material cost per kilogram makes a scrapped part far more expensive than a conservative first pass.

When Should You Choose Alloy 115 Over Nimonic 105, Waspaloy, Udimet 720 or Inconel 718?

Alloy 115 is the right answer in a narrow band of duties and the wrong answer outside it. The comparison below is the one buyers actually need: not which alloy is "better", but what each one costs you in the workshop for what it buys you in service.

Alloy 115 compared with the other forgeable nickel superalloys we produce. Service temperatures are approximate and depend on stress, section size and atmosphere.
AlloyApprox. max serviceAl + TiForgeabilityWeldabilityChoose it when
Alloy 115 (2.4636)≈1010 °C≈9.0Very difficultNot recommendedMaximum creep strength in a wrought part at blade temperatures
Nimonic 80A≈815 °C≈3.8GoodFair, with PWHTExhaust valves, bolting, rings; much easier to make and machine
Waspaloy≈760 °C≈4.4GoodFair, with PWHTLarge turbine discs and shafts needing forgeability and fatigue strength
Udimet 500≈870 °C≈6.0DifficultPoorBlades and discs a generation below 115 in temperature
Udimet 720≈730 °C≈7.5DifficultPoorHigh-strength, fatigue-critical rotating discs
Rene 41≈870 °C≈4.6ModerateFair, with careHot-section sheet and fabricated hardware needing some weldability
Inconel 718≈650 °C≈1.4GoodExcellentAnything fabricated or welded; the default below 650 °C
Haynes 188≈1095 °CGoodGoodHotter than 115 but lightly loaded; solid-solution, not γ′
The most common specification error we see. Alloy 115 is ordered for a duty at 700–800 °C where Waspaloy or even Nimonic 80A would carry the load comfortably. The buyer pays a large premium in material and machining, waits longer, and gets a part that is harder to inspect and impossible to weld, all for creep strength the design never uses. If your metal temperature is below about 850 °C, ask whether 115 is really the grade before you buy it. Run the service temperature check, then send us the duty.

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A commercial and metallurgical orientation aid, not a design substitution. Any grade change on a hot-section component must be approved by the design authority and supported by a creep-life assessment, because service temperature, stress, section size, coating and thermal cycling all interact. Substituting a lower-γ′ alloy into a duty designed around Alloy 115 will usually shorten creep life dramatically.

Production Capability as an Alloy 115 Forging Manufacturer

Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. has forged nickel-base superalloys since 2008 at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China. Alloy 115 is produced to order. There is no stock in this grade anywhere in the world, and any supplier offering immediate ex-stock delivery of a 2.4636 forging is almost certainly offering something else.

Alloy 115 size envelope

Alloy 115 (W.Nr. 2.4636): forged size envelope. Smaller than our general factory capacity because of the alloy's narrow hot-working window.
Product formSize rangeMax single-piece weightNotes
Seamless rolled rings150–1,200 mm OD600 kgWall from 30 mm, height to 350 mm
Forged discs / blanksØ 100–800 mm800 kg40–300 mm thick
Forged shafts / spindlesØ 60–350 mm700 kgTo 2.5 m length
Round bar / blade blanksØ 20–300 mm400 kgCut to length, centreless ground on request
Sleeves & bushings50–600 mm OD500 kgTrepanned where bore exceeds 100 mm
Blocks & near-net partsTo drawing1,000 kgNear-net blanks reduce machining of an expensive alloy
Melting

Billet route

EAF + VOD + ESR as standard for industrial work; VIM + VAR available where aerospace cleanliness is specified. Billet certificates are reviewed against the 2.4636 limits before acceptance, with particular attention to Pb, S, B and Zr.

Heat treatment

In-house, charted

Solution treatment at 1190 °C and ageing at 1100 °C carried out in furnaces held to ±10 °C or better, with charts recorded and issued against the heat-treatment lot.

Inspection

NDT and dimensional

Ultrasonic testing to EN 10228-3, SEP 1921 or ASTM A388; penetrant testing to ASTM E165. Magnetic particle testing does not apply, because Alloy 115 is non-magnetic. Dimensional reports on request.

Lead time

Billet-driven

Lead time on Alloy 115 is dominated by billet procurement rather than by forging. Ask for the billet position at the quotation stage. A realistic quotation will state it, and a supplier who cannot answer that question has not secured the material.

⚖️ Alloy 115 Forging Weight Calculator

Work out net and rough forging weight at 7.85 g/cm³ before you ask for a price. On an alloy this expensive, weight is the quotation.

Uses the published density of 7.85 g/cm³ for Alloy 115. Rough forging weight assumes a 30% machining allowance, which is typical for a superalloy where near-net forging is worth the extra die cost. Adjust between 22% and 40% for your geometry and tolerance. Net weight is what the drawing gives you; rough weight is what you actually pay for.

Which Standards and Quality Documents Apply?

Standards commonly invoked on an Alloy 115 forging order
StandardCoversWhen to invoke it
BS HR 4Billet, bar, forgings and parts in this alloyThe usual governing specification for Alloy 115 forgings
AECMA prEN 2196 / 2197Aerospace bar and forgingsAerospace supply chains and repair schemes
EN 10204 3.1Inspection certificate from the manufacturer's own independent quality departmentStandard for industrial work
EN 10204 3.2Certificate countersigned by a third party such as TÜV, SGS, BV, DNV, Lloyd's Register or ABSWhere the project or the end client requires witness
EN 10228-3Ultrasonic testing of forgingsEuropean projects; state the quality class
SEP 1921Ultrasonic testing of forgingsGerman practice; state class and group
ASTM A388Ultrasonic examination of steel forgingsAmerican practice; state the acceptance criteria
ASTM E165Liquid penetrant testingSurface examination; use instead of MT, which does not work on this alloy
ASTM E112Determining average grain sizeAlways worth specifying on a creep-critical part
ASTM E8 / ISO 6892Tensile testingState the test temperature if you need hot tensile data

What the certificate will show

  • Heat number, melt route and full chemical analysis against the 2.4636 limits
  • Heat-treatment cycle actually applied, with furnace chart reference
  • Tensile strength, 0.2% proof stress, elongation, reduction of area and hardness
  • ASTM E112 grain size where specified
  • Ultrasonic and penetrant test reports naming the standard and acceptance class
  • Dimensional report and marking record

How Do You Specify an Alloy 115 Forging Order?

Seven items. If all seven are on the enquiry, we can quote firmly and the part will be right the first time.

  1. Grade, unambiguously. "Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115, W.Nr. 2.4636, to BS HR 4." The material number is what removes doubt, because there is no UNS number to fall back on.
  2. Product form and dimensions. A drawing, or rough dimensions plus the machining allowance you expect. State whether you want as-forged, heat treated, rough machined or finish machined.
  3. Melt route. EAF + VOD + ESR, or VIM + VAR. This is a cost and lead-time driver and must be agreed before the billet is bought.
  4. Heat treatment. The standard cycle is 1½ h / 1190 °C / AC + 6 h / 1100 °C / AC. If your specification calls for something else, state it in writing.
  5. Grain size and mechanical testing. ASTM E112 grain size, test temperature, and the location and orientation of the test pieces.
  6. NDT standard and acceptance class. EN 10228-3, SEP 1921 or ASTM A388, plus the class. Add ASTM E165 penetrant testing if surface examination is required. Do not specify magnetic particle testing, because it does not work on a non-magnetic alloy.
  7. Certification. EN 10204 3.1, or 3.2 with the named third party.

Top 10 Mistakes When Specifying Alloy 115 Forgings

  1. Ordering "Nimonic 115" with no material number. Nimonic is a Special Metals trademark; a generic supplier cannot sell you branded material. Write Alloy 115 / W.Nr. 2.4636 and the specification.
  2. Quoting DIN 17754. It appears on many supplier datasheets but is not among the designations Special Metals publishes for this alloy. Confirm what your drawing actually intends.
  3. Specifying magnetic particle inspection. Alloy 115 is fully austenitic and non-magnetic. MT will find nothing. Specify penetrant testing to ASTM E165 instead.
  4. Designing a weldment. At Al + Ti ≈ 9% this alloy is a strain-age cracking material. Redesign as a one-piece forging before the drawing is released, not after the first weld cracks.
  5. Using Alloy 115 below 850 °C. You pay a large premium for creep strength the design never uses, and inherit forging, machining and inspection difficulty. Check whether Waspaloy or Nimonic 80A carries the duty.
  6. Leaving the melt route unstated. EAF + VOD + ESR and VIM + VAR are different products at different prices with different lead times. An unstated melt route means you are comparing quotations that are not comparable.
  7. Ignoring the tramp-element limits. The 0.0015% lead limit is real and is what stops this alloy being made from mixed scrap. Ask how the offered material controls Pb, S and Bi.
  8. Using the room-temperature modulus in a hot design. E falls from 216 GPa at 20 °C to 156 GPa at 900 °C. Bolt preload and thermal-stress calculations must use the hot value.
  9. Assuming ex-stock availability. Nobody stocks Alloy 115 forgings. Lead time is billet-driven; ask for the billet position with the quotation.
  10. Specifying a finishing allowance that is too small. Machining this alloy is slow and hard on tooling; too little stock means a scrapped forging, and too much means paying for metal you will cut away. Agree the allowance with the forge shop rather than assuming a steel-part default.

Drawing Callout Template for Alloy 115 Forgings

Copy this into your material callout box

MATERIAL:   ALLOY 115 / NIMONIC 115 TYPE, W.Nr. 2.4636
            Chemistry per BS HR 4 (alt: AECMA prEN 2196 / 2197)
            Nominal 15Cr - 14Co - 4Mo - 5Al - 4Ti, balance Ni

MELT:       EAF + VOD + ESR          [alt: VIM + VAR]
            Pb 0.0015% max, S 0.015% max, B 0.010-0.025%

CONDITION:  Solution treated 1-1/2 h @ 1190 C, air cool
            + aged 6 h @ 1100 C, air cool
            Furnace uniformity +/-10 C, charts to be supplied

FORM:       Open-die forging / seamless rolled ring per drawing
            Machining allowance ___ mm per surface

TESTING:    Chemical analysis, full heat
            Tensile per ASTM E8 / ISO 6892 at ___ C
            Hardness; grain size per ASTM E112, ___ or finer
            UT per EN 10228-3 class ___  [alt: SEP 1921 / ASTM A388]
            PT per ASTM E165
            NOTE: material is non-magnetic - MT does not apply

CERT:       EN 10204 3.1   [alt: 3.2 witnessed by ___ ]

MARKING:    Heat number, grade and item number, hard stamped
            in a low-stress area

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Where Is Alloy 115 Used?

Aero engines

Gas-turbine blades and blade blanks

The original application. Wrought turbine blades and blade blanks for aircraft gas turbines, where creep strength at 950–1010 °C and a wrought grain structure are both required.

Industrial turbines

Hot-section rings and discs

Combustor rings, spacer rings, seal plates, nozzle carriers and turbine disc blanks in the hottest stages of industrial gas turbines and power-generation sets.

Reciprocating engines

Exhaust valves and valve gear

Exhaust valves, valve stems and seat rings for extremely high-performance reciprocating internal combustion engines, where valve-head temperatures outrun Nimonic 80A.

Power generation

Hot gas path hardware

Forged wheels, nozzle rings and hot gas path components carrying load at temperature in air, where a solid-solution alloy would creep.

Furnace & process

High-temperature fixtures

Highly loaded furnace hardware, die-casting inserts and cores, and boiler tube supports operating above the ceiling of the iron-base and lower-γ′ alloys.

Aftermarket

Replacement and repair parts

Made-to-drawing replacement forgings for engines and turbines already designed around Alloy 115, usually in small quantities where the original supply chain has closed.

Request a Quote for Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115 Forgings

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Frequently Asked Questions About Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115

What is Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115?

Alloy 115 (NIMONIC alloy 115, W.Nr. 2.4636) is a precipitation-hardened nickel-chromium-cobalt superalloy strengthened with additions of molybdenum, aluminium and titanium. It was developed as a creep-resisting alloy for service at temperatures up to about 1010 °C (1850 °F), originally as turbine blades for aircraft gas turbines. It is the most highly alloyed member of the wrought Nimonic series, with roughly 55–60% of its volume as γ′ precipitate.

Does Alloy 115 have a UNS number?

No. Alloy 115 has no UNS designation in common use, and this is a frequent source of confusion on purchase orders. Order against W.Nr. 2.4636 together with a specification such as BS HR 4 or AECMA prEN 2196 / 2197. Some websites quote UNS numbers for this alloy that do not appear in any authoritative source; treat them with caution and confirm against the material number instead.

What is the chemical composition of Alloy 115?

The nominal composition published by Special Metals is 14.0–16.0% chromium, 13.0–15.5% cobalt, 3.0–5.0% molybdenum, 4.5–5.5% aluminium, 3.5–4.5% titanium, 0.12–0.20% carbon, 0.01–0.025% boron, 0.15% zirconium max, 1.0% iron max, 1.0% silicon max, 1.0% manganese max, 0.2% copper max, 0.015% sulphur max, 0.0015% lead max, with nickel as balance.

What is the maximum service temperature of Alloy 115?

About 1010 °C (1850 °F) for continuous service. That figure is a materials capability, not a design limit. The temperature your component can actually run at depends on the applied stress, the required life, the section size and the environment. Above roughly 800 °C the governing property is creep and stress rupture rather than tensile strength, so a creep-life assessment against the Larson-Miller master curve is what determines the real ceiling for your part.

What is the standard heat treatment for Alloy 115 forgings?

A two-stage cycle: 1½ hours at 1190 °C followed by air cooling, then 6 hours at 1100 °C followed by air cooling. The first stage dissolves γ′ and develops the grain size; the second re-precipitates γ′ in the coarse, creep-stable form the alloy is designed around. This is the published cycle for forged bar and the normal delivery condition. Note how close 1190 °C is to the 1260 °C incipient melting point. Furnace uniformity of ±10 °C or better is not optional.

Can Alloy 115 be welded?

Not reliably, and not for load-bearing joints. With aluminium plus titanium around 9%, Alloy 115 lies deep inside the strain-age cracking region of the aluminium–titanium weldability diagram, further in than Rene 41, Waspaloy or Udimet 700. During welding and during any post-weld heat treatment, the heat-affected zone hardens by γ′ precipitation while it is still contracting under restraint, ductility collapses, and the zone tears.

The correct engineering answer is a one-piece forging. Where a joint cannot be avoided, use a mechanical or brazed joint, or move the joint into a lower-γ′ alloy outside the hot section. If a weld is genuinely unavoidable it must be treated as a qualified special process, with minimum-restraint design, welding in the solution-treated condition, a ductile high-nickel filler, tightly limited heat input and interpass temperature, and a full re-solution treatment afterwards.

Why is Alloy 115 so difficult to forge?

Two reasons compound each other. First, the γ′ volume fraction of 55–60% raises hot flow stress enormously, so the alloy resists deformation far more than a 300-series stainless or even a lower-γ′ superalloy such as Waspaloy. Second, the usable hot-working window is only about 100 °C wide, bounded above by incipient melting at 1260 °C and below by the temperature at which γ′ re-precipitates and the flow stress climbs steeply. Because thermal conductivity is only 10.6 W/m·°C, the piece falls out of that window quickly, so dies are preheated, transfers are fast and reheats are planned in advance rather than improvised.

Which forged shapes can be produced in Alloy 115?

Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. produces Alloy 115 as seamless rolled rings, forged discs and disc blanks, shafts and spindles, round bar and blade blanks, flanges, sleeves, bushings, and near-net forged parts and blocks made to customer drawings. Because of the alloy's narrow hot-working window the size envelope for this grade is smaller than our general factory capacity. See production capability for the current limits.

What is the density of Alloy 115?

7.85 g/cm³ (0.284 lb/in³), dependent on processing variables. Use the weight calculator to convert your dimensions into net and rough forging weight. On an alloy at this price point, weight is effectively the quotation.

How does Alloy 115 compare with Waspaloy and Udimet 720?

Alloy 115 carries the highest aluminium plus titanium content of the three, at about 9% against 4.4% for Waspaloy and 7.5% for Udimet 720, and the highest continuous service temperature at around 1010 °C. That makes it a blade-class alloy. Waspaloy and Udimet 720 have lower γ′ volume fractions, are forgeable into large discs, and are typically used to about 760 °C and 730 °C respectively. They are disc alloys, deliberately trading creep strength for forgeability and fatigue performance in thick sections. Choosing between them is a question of what the section size and the temperature actually demand.

Is Alloy 115 magnetic?

No. Alloy 115 has a face-centred cubic austenitic matrix and is essentially non-magnetic. The practical consequence is that magnetic particle inspection does not work on this alloy. If your drawing calls for MT, change it to liquid penetrant testing per ASTM E165 before the order is placed.

What is the difference between EAF+VOD+ESR and VIM+VAR material?

Both routes can meet the 2.4636 chemistry, but they produce different levels of cleanliness at different prices. EAF + VOD followed by electroslag remelting is the standard industrial route and gives good structure and low sulphur. VIM + VAR, vacuum induction melting followed by vacuum arc remelting, gives tighter control of gases, tramp elements and non-metallic inclusions, and is normally specified for rotating aerospace parts. VIM + VAR costs more and takes longer. Decide before the billet is bought and state the route on the purchase order, otherwise you will be comparing quotations that are not comparable.

What lead time should I expect on an Alloy 115 forging?

Lead time on this grade is dominated by billet procurement rather than by forging or heat treatment. Nobody holds stock of Alloy 115 forgings, and a supplier offering immediate ex-stock delivery of a 2.4636 forging is almost certainly offering something else. Ask for the billet position at the quotation stage. A realistic quotation will state where the material is coming from and when it lands.

Is Alloy 115 the same as Nimonic 115?

They describe the same alloy chemistry. NIMONIC® is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation, so material actually manufactured and sold by Special Metals under that brand is NIMONIC alloy 115. Material of the same generic chemistry produced independently, including by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd., is correctly described as Alloy 115 to W.Nr. 2.4636. Both meet the same composition limits; only one may use the brand name.

Where can I buy Alloy 115 forgings?

Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd., an open-die forging factory at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China, manufactures Alloy 115 forgings to drawing and supplies them worldwide. Send a drawing or the finished dimensions, the specification, the melt route and your certification requirement to sales@steelforgepieces.com or call +86-189-2135-9659. Technical enquiries are answered within 24 hours.

Glossary

W.Nr. 2.4636
The Werkstoff material number for the nickel-chromium-cobalt superalloy commonly called Alloy 115 or Nimonic 115. Because the alloy has no widely used UNS number, 2.4636 is the correct unambiguous identifier for purchase orders and drawings.
γ′ (gamma prime)
The ordered intermetallic Ni₃(Al,Ti) that precipitates coherently inside the nickel matrix and provides the strength of this class of alloy. Alloy 115 contains roughly 55–60% γ′ by volume, among the highest of any wrought superalloy.
γ′ solvus
The temperature above which γ′ dissolves back into the matrix. It sets the lower bound of the practical hot-working window and determines whether a forging operation is subsolvus (fine grain) or supersolvus (coarse grain, better creep resistance).
Solution treatment
Heating above the γ′ solvus, 1190 °C for Alloy 115, to dissolve the strengthening phase and homogenise the structure, followed by cooling. The first of the two heat-treatment stages.
Ageing
Holding at an intermediate temperature, 6 hours at 1100 °C for Alloy 115, to re-precipitate γ′ in a controlled size and distribution. The second heat-treatment stage, and the one that sets creep performance.
Strain-age cracking
Cracking in the heat-affected zone of a weld in a γ′-strengthened alloy, caused by the material hardening through γ′ precipitation while it is still contracting under restraint. The dominant weldability limit for high Al + Ti alloys, and the reason Alloy 115 is not considered weldable for load-bearing joints.
Al + Ti
The sum of aluminium and titanium content, used as the primary index of both γ′ volume fraction and weldability. Alloy 115 sits at about 9%; Inconel 718, at about 1.4%, is readily weldable.
Creep
Slow, permanent deformation under a constant stress well below the yield strength, occurring at temperatures above roughly 40% of the absolute melting point. The design-limiting behaviour for Alloy 115 above about 800 °C.
Stress rupture
Failure under a sustained load at temperature after a measurable time. Reported as a combination of stress, temperature and time to rupture, and usually presented as a Larson-Miller master curve rather than a table.
Larson-Miller parameter (LMP)
LMP = T(C + log₁₀ t), with T in kelvin, t in hours and C typically 20 for this alloy. It collapses temperature and time onto a single axis so that stress-rupture data across many conditions falls on one master curve.
Incipient melting
Localised melting at grain boundaries that begins near the lower end of the melting range, 1260 °C for Alloy 115, well below the point at which the bulk material melts. It permanently ruins a forging and cannot be recovered by reheat treatment, which is why furnace uniformity is controlled so tightly at the 1190 °C solution temperature.
ESR (electroslag remelting)
A secondary melting process in which a consumable electrode is remelted through a molten slag layer, refining the structure, lowering sulphur and reducing segregation. The standard secondary route for industrial-grade Alloy 115 billet.
VIM + VAR
Vacuum induction melting followed by vacuum arc remelting. The cleanest common route for superalloy billet, giving tight control of gases, tramp elements and inclusions. Normally specified for rotating aerospace components.
Tramp elements
Low-level impurities such as lead, bismuth and selenium that segregate to grain boundaries and destroy stress-rupture life. The 0.0015% lead limit in Alloy 115 is what prevents the alloy being melted from mixed scrap.
EN 10204 3.1 / 3.2
Types of inspection document. A 3.1 certificate is issued by the manufacturer's own independent quality department; a 3.2 certificate is countersigned by an independent third party such as TÜV, SGS, BV, DNV or Lloyd's Register.
ASTM E112 grain size
The standard method for reporting average grain size. Worth specifying on any creep-critical forging, because grain size in a supersolvus-treated superalloy has a direct effect on creep and fatigue behaviour.

Technical References

  1. Special Metals Corporation, Publication SMC-094, NIMONIC® alloy 115, September 2004. Source of the nominal chemical composition, density, melting range, specific heat, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion, dynamic Young's modulus, heat-treatment cycle and the list of designations and specifications cited on this page.
  2. BS HR 4, Nickel base alloy billet, bar, forgings and parts, British Standards Institution. The usual governing specification for Alloy 115 forgings.
  3. AECMA prEN 2196 and prEN 2197, aerospace series specifications for nickel base alloy Ni-P102HT bar and forgings.
  4. AICMA Ni-P102-HT and AFNOR NCK 15ATD, additional national and industry designations for the same alloy.
  5. EN 10204, Metallic products: types of inspection documents, CEN, Brussels.
  6. EN 10228-3, Non-destructive testing of steel forgings: ultrasonic testing, CEN, Brussels.
  7. SEP 1921, Ultrasonic testing of steel forgings, Stahl-Eisen-Prüfblatt, Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute.
  8. ASTM A388/A388M, Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Forgings, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA.
  9. ASTM E165/E165M, Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing for General Industry, ASTM International.
  10. ASTM E112, Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size, ASTM International.
  11. ASTM E8/E8M and ISO 6892-1/-2, tensile testing of metallic materials at room and elevated temperature.
  12. F.R. Larson and J. Miller, A Time-Temperature Relationship for Rupture and Creep Stresses, Transactions of the ASME, 1952. The origin of the Larson-Miller parameter used in the converter on this page.
  13. ASM Handbook, Volume 1: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High-Performance Alloys, ASM International, Materials Park, OH. Sections on wrought heat-resistant superalloys, γ′ strengthening and weldability of precipitation-hardened nickel alloys.
  14. R.C. Reed, The Superalloys: Fundamentals and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Background on γ′ volume fraction, solvus behaviour and hot-working windows referenced in the discussion sections of this page.

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Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd. "Alloy 115 / Nimonic 115
(W.Nr. 2.4636) Forgings - Technical Datasheet and Manufacturing
Guide." Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China. Updated 11 August 2026.
https://www.steelforgepieces.com/Nickel-Alloy/Alloy-115.html

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Alloy 115, also known as Nimonic 115 and W.Nr. 2.4636, is a
precipitation-hardened nickel-chromium-cobalt superalloy
strengthened with molybdenum, aluminium and titanium. Nominal
composition is 14.0-16.0% Cr, 13.0-15.5% Co, 3.0-5.0% Mo,
4.5-5.5% Al, 3.5-4.5% Ti, 0.12-0.20% C, 0.01-0.025% B,
0.15% Zr max, balance nickel. It was developed as a
creep-resisting alloy for service to about 1010 degrees C, as
turbine blades for aircraft gas turbines. Aluminium plus
titanium is about 9%, giving roughly 55-60% gamma-prime volume
fraction; the alloy is therefore difficult to forge and is not
considered weldable for load-bearing joints because of
strain-age cracking. Density is 7.85 g/cm3, melting range
1260-1315 degrees C, specific heat 444 J/kg-C at 20 C, thermal
conductivity 10.6 W/m-C at 20 C, electrical resistivity
139 microhm-cm at 20 C. Dynamic Young's modulus falls from
216 GPa at 20 C to 141 GPa at 1000 C. Mean coefficient of
linear thermal expansion rises from 12.0 x 10-6/K over
20-100 C to 17.0 x 10-6/K over 20-1000 C. The heat treatment
is 1.5 h at 1190 degrees C air cooled plus 6 h at 1100
degrees C air cooled. There is no UNS number in common use;
order against W.Nr. 2.4636 with BS HR 4 or AECMA prEN 2196
and 2197.

Forgings in this grade -- seamless rolled rings, discs, shafts,
bars, flanges, sleeves and near-net parts to drawing -- are
manufactured by Jiangyin Jiangnan Metal Co., Ltd., an open-die
forging factory at No.1 Chengxiqiao Road, Zhouzhuang Town,
Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China. Material is EAF+VOD+ESR
melted, or VIM+VAR on request, solution treated and aged,
ultrasonically tested to EN 10228-3, SEP 1921 or ASTM A388, and
supplied with EN 10204 3.1 or 3.2 certification.
Contact: +86-189-2135-9659, sales@steelforgepieces.com,
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