Tag: stainless steels

A new bar finishing line for Acciaierie Valbruna

A new bar finishing line for Acciaierie Valbruna

The new bar finishing line is designed to maximize the efficiency and resource optimization, so as to enable a high level of operational process automation.
Celebrating one year of Alleima

Celebrating one year of Alleima

Alleima has been a manufacturer of high value-added products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys.
The welding characteristics of stainless steels

The welding characteristics of stainless steels

Stainless steels are highly weldable, both to stainless alloys and other metals. This article discusses the weldability of the different categories.
Henry to be the proud owner of Hart b.v. for 30 years

Henry, the proud owner of Hart b.v. for 30 years

Henry took over the business, now 30 years ago in 1991 from his father. At the time, Hart b.v was smaller (only 5 employees) and had stocks in Stainless Steels and Low Alloys.
Hempel Special Metals

Featured Story – Hempel Special Metals: Alloy 24 resurrected to tackle...

Super austenite Alloy 24 is a material that lives up to its name, distinguishing itself from standard stainless steels, 6%Mo steels and all duplex grades thanks to its corrosion resistance, strength and attractive pricing. Developed in the 1990s, production of Alloy 24 ceased following a merger of the manufacturer.
Casting upgrade welding

Casting upgrade welding – requirements, techniques and concepts

The world of fusion welding has effected many industries and fabrication opportunities worldwide. Countless industrial items are assembled using a vast number of different welding techniques governed by numerous rules, codes and norms. Casting upgrade welding is a very specialised series of operations. The casting process offers a unique opportunity as the casting is an economic preform. Weld upgrade is inherent to the process.

Sandvik completes acquisition of Summerill Tube

Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of Summerill Tube Corporation, a manufacturer of high precision tubes.
Light water reactor environments

Nuclear scientist focuses on stress corrosion cracking

Dr. So Aoki is a research scientist at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. For the past five years, he has researched the stress corrosion cracking mechanism of low carbon stainless steels used in light water reactor environments.
NovaCast specifies cast steel alloy

NovaCast specifies cast steel alloy

Cast Steel has become an increasingly important part of NovaCast’s business over recent years. The company can cast a very wide variety of both carbon and stainless steels, the bulk of its castings are in the most popular grades.

6-m plate pipe production

Since stainless steels were first developed the production of high-quality longitudinally welded pipes has been the focal point of BUTTING’s business.