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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New production site in Tucson, Arizona

In November 2020, Sandvik Materials Technology had found a second location for EXERA® fine medical wire and wire-based components manufacturing.

Essberger orders FKAB’s stainless steel tankers

FKAB Marine Design proudly presents the new building project of 4+4 X 6 600 DWT DF stainless steel chemical tankers, ordered by John T. Essberger, at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Yangzhou) Dingheng Co Ltd. in China.

AWI celebrates 75 years in business with £1m investment

Alloy Wire International (AWI) is celebrating 75 years of manufacturing in 2021 and has plans in place to take sales past pre-Covid-19 levels to GBP 12M by the end of the year.

Tenova secures a revamping contract from Baowu Group

China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited awarded Tenova two contracts for the revamping of a fully automatic roll shop for its silicon steel plant at Baoshan Iron and Steel, in Baoshan, Shanghai, China.

Sulzer HICoat celebrates 25th anniversary

The Sulzer HICoat® brand is celebrating 25 years of delivering cutting-edge coatings for a wide variety of industrial applications. Over the years, the in-house expertise has developed more advanced protective coatings that provide increased durability and efficiency for a wide range of rotating equipment.

Kibo signs an agreement with IGES

Kibo Energy PLC announced that it has entered into an agreement with South Africa-based Industrial Green Solutions (Pty) Ltd (IGES) to jointly develop a...

Neles delivers first valve with 3D printed valve body

Neles has delivered its first valve with a 3D-printed valve body for field testing. Except for the body, the valve is a standard T5-series ball valve made of stainless steel.

Nippon and Sumitomo receive “Equipment Supplier Award”

Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation jointly received the Equipment Supplier of the Year Award 2020 from Shell’s Wells Organization (Shell). The Supplier of the...

U.S. DOE invites Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project

The green hydrogen hub at the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project would interconnect green hydrogen production, storage and distribution in the West.

Precision coolant improves quality in steel turning

The objective of every manufacturing company is to satisfy its customers by delivering workpieces to the right quality, on time, and at optimal cost. Here, Staffan Lundström, Product Manager at Sandvik Coromant explains why cost-efficiency and quality in steel turning means precision — particularly in the choice of coolant.