Tag: Corrosion cracking

Corrosion cracking is a critical phenomenon in the field of material science and engineering, representing a severe form of material degradation. This type of cracking occurs when a material, typically a metal, is subjected to both a corrosive environment and tensile stress. Among the various forms of corrosion cracking, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is particularly noteworthy due to its insidious and dangerous nature.

Parker wins Snøhvit LNG contract

Parker Instrumentation has been awarded the contract to supply all the instrumentation components and sub-systems to the Snøhvit development, the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Stainless servo gearmotor keeps it clean

A servo gearmotor designed specifically for hygiene-critical environments in the food, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries has been introduced by Bayside Motion Group.

AstroCosmos appointment

Matthew J. Thayer has been promoted to North American Director of Sales & Technology at AstroCosmos Metallurgical, Camarillo, CA, USA.

Two-piece ball valve

Parker Instrumentation has launched a ball valve range made of 316 stainless steel.

Super duplex pumps

Weir Pumps has won a multi-million dollar contract to replace existing pumps at the Cantarell nitrogen generation complex located in Ciduad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico.

Stainless bridges

The state of Oregon in the NW USA is using S32205 stainless steel to build a bridge designed to last 120 years, according to Virginia Heffernan (Nickel magazine, February 2003).

Tantalum is back

Tantalum, used in plant and equipment construction, is fully available again – and will be exhibited by COMETEC GmbH at ACHEMA 2003 (19–24 May 2003).

Sandvik Safurex for urea production

The high-pressure vessels in the new Assaluyeh urea production plant in Iran are being constructed in Sandvik Material Technology's recently developed Sandvik SafurexTM steel grade.

Titanium 101

The Titanium Information Group is offering "The Fundamentals of Titanium", a one- day workshop that to prepare people to work effectively with titanium.

Fasteners are dedicated to stainless uses

A new bulletin available free from PEM Fastening Systems profiles all types of PEM self-clinching nuts, studs and stand-offs designed specifically for attachment applications in stainless steel assemblies.