Tag: welding

BUTTING supplies fusion plant

Wendelstein 7-X, the largest fusion experiment in the world of the stellarator type, is at present under construction in Greifswald at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and is to be completed by 2014.

HFT sales hit all time high

Sales of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd’s (HFT) Tungsten Electrode Grinders have hit an all time high. Mike Dunn, Marketing Manager for the company reported that orders were received from all corners of the world, as customers became more aware of the advantages of this workshop tool and took advantage of its many features and benefits.

Sumitomo 347AP

Austenitic stainless steels such as TP321 and TP347 are widely used to make equipment for use in desulferizing plants in the petroleum refinery industry.

Titanium brazing without welding

The United States Army’s research laboratory has discovered a method of brazing titanium so as to fabricate structures without welding.

Stoody introduces 300 series wire

Stoody® Co., a manufacturer of hardfacing and joining welding electrodes, has introduced the new Stoody® 300 Series stainless steel flux cored wire.

LNG pipe for dock loading facility

In Qatar, LNG exports from the state’s Port of Ras Laffan are expected to reach 77 million tpy by the end of 2010, making the Port the world’s largest LNG export terminal, over three times larger in capacity than its closest rival.

Guild International turns 50

Guild International has announced that 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of its beginnings.

LDX 2101® for edible oil tank storage

Storage tank fabricators Oostwouder and Siemerink have expanded Loders Croklaan’s palm-oil tank farm in the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, built in 2004 using duplex LDX 2101®, with 41 new tanks, consuming 1300tns of the same grade.

Dynamic Materials Corp. acquires

The Dynamic Materials Corp. (DMC) clad metal team has acquired DYNAPLAT.

Pulp mill duplex packages

Outokumpu has introduced a new service concept for pulp-mill machinery and equipment manufacturers, supplying an optimized package of prefabricated duplex 2205 plate sections for Metso ND to build digesters and reactors for the chemical cellulose producer Sappi Saiccor, both of South Africa.