Technical

Working together with global Stainless Steel Materials’ experts, engineers and companies involved in the manufacture or use of stainless steels/CRAs, we provide here a selection of original, non-commercial articles. These in-depth technical papers are written or co-written by operating companies, describing commercially viable new technologies and case histories of successful applications, backed by data. Topics include tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels.

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Menzel manufacture DC mill motors as per AISE standards

AISE compliance ensures full interchangeability of the motors with existing machines. In addition, Menzel offers customer-specific adjustments and special solutions.

Technip Energies secures two contracts by Neste

Technip Energies has been awarded two contracts by Neste for work on the development of their renewables production platform in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the existing Partnership Agreement between Neste and Technip Energies.

Ørsted and POSCO sign MoU to expand their relationship

Ørsted and POSCO Group announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their relationship. POSCO and its affiliates will apply the group's joint capabilities to support the development of Ørsted's 1.6 GW offshore wind projects off the coast of Incheon City.

NORSOK-M650 qualification of manufacturers

Highland Foundry Ltd, Surrey, BC Canada, is pleased to announce the successful completion of updating the 22Cr (MDS D46) Duplex and 25Cr (MDS D56) Super Duplex casting Qualification Test Records (QTR’s) to the current Rev.5 for NORSOK M-630 Edition 6 and M-650 Edition 4.

SIKORA appoints TECHFINE Brasil as representative

SIKORA AG has appointed TECHFINE Brasil as representative since May 2021. The company supports South American customers with information on SIKORA systems to be used for quality control in hose, tube and pipe extrusion lines.

Kanthal announces price increase to its customers

Kanthal announced that it has notified customers globally of a price increase, effective June 7, 2021. The increase is a result of higher costs related to raw material, logistics and personnel and will vary by products and regions in the range of 4% to 10%.

HFT®’s QuickPurge® for large diameter pipe purging

Weld Purging Experts Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT®’s innovative QuickPurge® Systems, which are manufactured up to 88″ (2,235mm), dramatically reduces the space that needs to be purged, thereby reducing purging time dramatically, making huge savings in both time and gas costs.

Leon Topalian elected as Chairman of AISI

Nucor Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Leon Topalian was elected to serve a two-year term as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Board of Directors.

Innovative cooling system release at Nucore Group

Nucore Group has recently completed an innovative cooling system prioritizing low load starting current, designed for continuous and ad-hoc use on limited capacity power sources.

Topsoe and Preem achieve 85% of renewable feedstock

Together, Topsoe and Preem have concluded the revamp of Preem’s Gothenburg refinery, which is part of Preem’s endeavors to reduce Sweden’s total carbon emissions by 20%.