The Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, and The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Rt Hon Ed Miliband, recently visited Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) in Waterbeach, Cambridge to see the company’s Ebflow™ technology in action.
CVE’s Ebflow™ electron beam welding technology has the potential to transform manufacturing timelines and costs for the UK’s next-generation nuclear power infrastructure.
Ebflow, an advanced electron beam (EB) welding technology, developed by the team at CVE, is proven to transform the speed at which nuclear pressure vessels can be built. In a trial conducted by Sheffield Forgemasters, Ebflow™ cut the time needed to weld a demonstrator vessel for an SMR from more than a year to less than 24 hours.