Tag: welding

Padana Tubes goes global

The general Manager of Padana Tubi SpA Inox Division (Guastalla, northern Italy), mr Simone Sartini, has announced that the company plans to increase production by 40%, with annual turnover to reach USD 500 million by 2004.

Supermartensitic Stainless Steels 2002

Given the attention supermartensitic stainless steels have attracted in the past five years, it was not surprising that Supermartensitic Stainless Steels 2002, the second conference solely dedicated to supermartensitics, was well visited.

New welding specs

The American Welding Society (AWS) has just issued 13 revised Standard Welding Procedure Specifications (SWPS) for welding of 10 through 18 gauge galvanised steel, carbon steel and austenitic stainless steel sheet metal, in the as-welded condition, with or without backing.

Global concept

Axxair has introduced its Global Concept, a system that can both cut and weld thin stainless steel tubes in pre-fab, on site or in the workshop.

New plasma-cutting process

The French company SAF (Air Liquide Welding group) has presented a plasma-cutting process evolution called DUALGAZ.

Titanium seminar

The TIG will be holding a one-day seminar entitled "So you want to make it in titanium?" at Austincourt, Birmingham, UK, on 16 October 2002.

Sandvik Steel UK merges with RGB

AB Sandvik Steel (Sweden) has announced that it is to merge Sandvik Steel UK and RGB Stainless Ltd.

Forth Welding & Cladding Services

Scottish company Forth Tool & Valve Ltd (FTV) has re-entered the weld cladding industry with the recent opening of Forth Welding & Cladding Services (FWC).

Joints in high-temperature alloys

A one-day meeting is to be held at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) on 20 November 2002.

Stainless used in airport rebuild

In 1996, a fire destroyed part of Düsseldorf airport and for safety reasons the authorities decided that it should be completely rebuilt.