Tag: welding

The ITER Vacuum Vessel, the heart of the ITER machine which houses the fusion reaction, is a veritable piece of art. With its massive dimensions, its shape necessitates massive stainless steel pieces of metal being joined together by welding challenging geometrical forms.

Ready-for-installation components and prefabricated pipework for drilling and well construction technology must display a high degree of functional safety and corrosion resistance.

Japan has the procurement responsibility for 9 of ITER's 19 superconducting toroidal field winding packs and all 19 of the toroidal field coil cases.

BUTTING manufactures stainless steel vessels, tanks and columns according to customer specifications in several sections or in one piece, through a very large degree of prefabrication in the plant.

The Danfoss Group is a world-leading supplier of technologies for infrastructure, food supply, energy and climate. Headquartered in Nordborg, Denmark, the company has 61 factories and about 23,400 employees around the world.

Tricor Metals has recently declared that Dennis Hamm, Jr has accepted the position of Wire Product Marketing Manager. Dennis reports to Ron Krajcik and will be responsible for business development of Tricor’s Astrolite® and UltraGrade™ welding wire product sales working closely with Rick Barnes, GM of Astrolite Alloys to develop sales and marketing of the high performance welding wire for aerospace, power, commercial and challenging applications.

Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), commonly known as tungsten inert gas welding (TIG), has always been considered to be a particularly complicated joining process.

Atlas Tube, a company of Zekelman Industries, has recently reiterated its trust in tube welding technology from SMS group, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry.

When welding titanium and zirconium joints it is important that the welding zone is purged of oxygen to a level as low as 10 parts per million (ppm).

The first completed port stub extension—for upper port #12—has successfully passed pressure and helium leak tightness tests.