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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Stalatube’s stainless steel tubes move to ramp-up pha

Stalatube’s new best-in-class production facility manufacturing stainless steel tubes in special dimensions and further processed stainless steel products is moving into ramp-up phase.

Bilfinger install equipment & piping at new FUCHS plant

Bilfinger has been commissioned by lubricant manufacturer FUCHS to install modern production equipment and piping systems at its new blending plant in Haninge near Stockholm.

How digital transformation is changing the face of visual inspection

Industry 4.0 is the next revolution, driven by data and characterised by the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems and Cloud Computing.

ATI announces Diane Creel as independent Board Chair

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated announced that at the conclusion of its 2019 Annual Meeting recently, Diane C. Creel became independent Board Chair upon the retirement of Executive Chairman Richard J.

SNC signs contracts for floating production unit in WA

SNC-Lavalin announced recently that it has signed two sub-contracts to support the development of the floating production unit on the proposed Scarborough gas field development project in Western Australia.

Muktesh talks on the topic of titanium powders at APMI

Muktesh Paliwal, a Senior R&D Metallurgist at Reading Alloys, was a keynote speaker at a monthly Technical Session of the West Penn Chapter of APMI International (American Powder Metallurgy Institute).

Traceability, we need to start somewhere!

These days it’s all about industry 4.0. For some that means digitization, sensors and automation. Others call it the fourth industrial revolution which is about decentralization and local production. But decentralization can also mean decentralized trust. In this article, I want to talk about the true advantages of the digital era as well as the benefits of a new technology called blockchain that provides decentralized trust. Specifically: how this could apply to the steel industry in general.

MHPS receives an order from HAZAMA for “MEGAMIEâ€?

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd has received an order for its hybrid power generation system, named “MEGAMIEâ€?, integrating solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a micro gas turbine (MGT), from HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION.

Eyeron™ commences at “Industry of the Futureâ€? for

Fives’ real-time steel quality control solution, Eyeron™, was commended at the first French-Russian “Industry of the Futureâ€? forum.

Burckhardt Compression sign contracts in China

Burckhardt Compression has signed in the last months contracts to equip three production lines for synthetics with Hyper Compressors.