Tag: welding

Titanium is a reactive metal, so when heated it will react with surrounding oxygen, discolour and lose its corrosion resistance properties.

Recently, in the Kunming Economic Development Zone Kunming Heavy Equipment Group Longgang Park start-up plant, multiple CNC flame cutting machines and welding machines started assembly at the same time, marking the ‘low cost’ of cooperation between Yanbian County and Kunming Iron and Steel Group in Panzhihua City.

Hamon d’Hondt manufactures finned tubes for cooling towers, welded tubes of all types, cooling towers, air condensers, energy savers, air and fume heaters, etc. It has been asked to produce cooling tower systems destined for a gas-fired power plant at Fadhili. This colossal project, awarded to Saudi Aramco, is an entirely new development to be built 30 km west of Jubail, in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced USD 36M in awards for 18 projects as part of the High-Intensity Thermal Exchange through Materials and Manufacturing Processes (HITEMMP) program, as well as the final OPEN+ Cohort, High-Temperature Devices.

Gpi recently had the honour of supplying two large stainless steel water tanks for a very unusual project. The tanks will be used at a dive training school in the Netherlands. The Dutch tank fabricator shared some insights into this challenging project.

Serpentine Technologies Limited (Serpentine) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet to acquire 100% of Keyhole TIG Limited (K - TIG).

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have welded glass and metal together using an ultrafast laser system, in a breakthrough for the manufacturing industry.

Coherent Inc. has significantly expanded its Gilching, Germany micromachining, and sub-system facility, and completed the relocation of the company’s laser marking group from nearby Gunding.

Chemical tankers are specialized ships carrying liquid cargoes that may be environmentally hazardous, flammable or highly reactive. They are designed and operated under special rules, and increasingly have built-in molybdenum-containing stainless steel tanks. Sailing around the world, they transport liquid goods safely over long distances. They also represent a significant market for duplex stainless steels and molybdenum.

The T-DRILL process is a patented method of producing outlets for branch connections directly from the run material. Pipe branching by T-DRILL method is also called collaring, mechanical tee forming or simply T-DRILL tees.