Tag: welding

Lincoln Electric acquires Torchmate

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has acquired almost all of the assets of Applied Robotics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of CNC cutting tables and accessories in North America. Applied Robotics, referred to in the welding industry by its brand name, Torchmate, has headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Reno, Nevada.

Stainless pipe plant

Italy-based Marcegaglia Group has invested in a new stainless pipe and flat steel service center in Vladimir. The new establishment will produce about 35,000tns of steel per year, with an expected turnover of EUR 130 million,

Houston Structures replaces wire rope assemblies

Houston Structures Inc., a member of Ulven Companies, has successfully completed a contract from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide tainter gate wire rope assembly replacements for 11 dams in Oklahoma and Kansas. The USD 2.96 million contract, awarded through the Corps of Engineers' Tulsa District

Sumitomo receives first order for H-SA700

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Metals) has received the world’s first order for its innovative ultra-high tensile strength steel, H-SA700. The order comes from Obayashi Corporation (Obayashi) for construction of a Techno Station

Zhejiang Stainless to build welded pipe lines

Zhejiang Dada Stainless Steel Co. is building two stainless steel welded pipe production lines. Work on the construction of the production lines is already underway. Once complete, the new lines, which will be built at Zhejiang Dada Stainless Steel's

Titanium gets an upgrade:

Stainless Steel World has enhanced its titanium resources, creating another Fact File packed with technical information, case histories, news, etc.

New welding process by De Tomi

De Tomi company has announced the start-up of its internal Cladding process.
The company’s welding qualifications are in accordance with the most used international welding standard, the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code IX.

TATA wins pipe contract from Subsea 7

TATA Steel has received contracts valued at approximately USD 32 million from Subsea 7 to provide 43km of pipe for three North Sea pipeline installation projects. These include BP's Andrew Area and Apache’s Bacchus developments. TATA's Hartlepool plant

Avesta Welding revamps basic electrodes

Avesta Welding has launched new formulations of the basic variants of standard electrodes Avesta 308L/MVR, 316L/SKR, 347/MVNb, 2205 and 309L, improving their properties and making them more welder friendly. When compared to previous formulations, the advantages include improved mechanical properties, particularly impact strength at low temperatures; improved slag removal and minimum residual slag on the finished weld; improved joint geometry and less welding spatter.

LE introduces new flux-cored wire

Lincoln Electric has added Lincolnweld® LAC-690, a low alloy flux-cored wire, to its line of products. Designed for submerged arc welding, the Lincolnweld LAC-690 is suitable for applications that require high strength and low H4 diffusible hydrogen weld deposits. In addition, the wire is capable of producing high impact toughness at low temperatures as required by the offshore industry for applications like rack to chord joints.