The production facilities for the manufacture of specialist formed and welded pipes previously supplied by Bentham International have been taken over by the Angle Ring Co. Ltd (Tipton, UK). With some transfer of personnel, product quality and uniformity remains the responsibility of Mr Barry Stone, former Bentham production and development director, who brought many years of experience and expertise to his new position.
Pipework in standard and specialist materials, formed in plate thicknesses from 3 to 200mm and lengths up to 10 metres can now be supplied. Standard or special pipe diameters are produced to current ASTM, ASME and BS specifications, suitable for use in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries and other engineering operations where hollow tubular sections are used. All welding is carried out to ASME IX Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes and BSEN 287/288 approved procedures, or to clients’ own welding specifications. Work can be carried-out to comply with even tight delivery schedules, which overcomes the problem of any extended delivery which may be quoted by mainland European suppliers.
Equipment taken over from the former Bentham International company includes three press brakes up to 1200 tonne capacity with 10 metre bed: an edge planer for plates also up to 10 metres long: together with 10 metre SAF welding beams, equipped with plasma, TIG and submerged arc welding for the longitudinal seam closure of pipes.
The materials used for pipe manufacture include austenitic stainless steels, together with duplex, super duplex and nickel alloys.
