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Nuclear Power: Up at the Eight Count
The second engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract signed by Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., in the past six weeks for its AP1000 nuclear power units indicates that nuclear power is regaining acceptance as a cost-competitive, clean, and highly safe source of base-load power generation.
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Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and its partner The Shaw Group Inc.'s Power Group signed an engineering, procurement, and construction contract (EPC) with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, and Santee Cooper, a state-owned electric and water utility in South Carolina, to provide two Westinghouse AP1000(TM) nuclear power units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C.
Steve Tritch, Westinghouse president and CEO, said: "We congratulate South Carolina Electric & Gas and Santee Cooper for taking a forward-looking and long-term approach to both electricity generation and energy independence. We at Westinghouse are also proud that our technology has again been selected, and we look forward to taking a leadership role, along with our valued customers and partners, in the worldwide nuclear renaissance. We pledge to work diligently with our customers to provide these plants in a timely and efficient manner and to see that they are exceptionally well maintained and operated."
In March, SCE&G and Santee Cooper, a state-owned electric and water utility in South Carolina, submitted an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a combined construction and operating license (COL). Once approved, the COL would authorize the companies to build and operate up to two new nuclear reactors at the utilities' existing V.C. Summer Nuclear Station site in Jenkinsville, S.C.
In early April, Westinghouse signed an EPC with Georgia Power to provide two plants at the Vogtle site near Waynesboro, Ga. Before that, no other contracts to provide new nuclear power plants in the United States had been signed since before 1978.
In July 2007, Westinghouse and Shaw signed contracts to provide four AP1000s in China, where initial work is now underway. Additionally, the AP1000 has been identified as the new plant technology of choice for no less than a total of 10 additional nuclear plants that could be built in the United States.
Westinghouse believes the AP1000 is ideally suited for the worldwide nuclear power marketplace. The AP1000 is:
• The safest, most advanced, yet proven nuclear power plant currently available in the worldwide marketplace (conservative probabilistic risk assessment (PRA): core damage frequency potential at negligible 2.5 x 10-7)
• Based on standard Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology that has achieved more than 2,500 reactor years of highly successful operation
• An 1100 MWe design that is ideal for providing baseload generating capacity
• Modular in design, promoting ready standardization and high construction quality. Economical to construct and maintain (less concrete and steel and fewer components and systems mean there is less to install, inspect and maintain)
• Designed to promote ease of operation (features most advanced instrumentation and control (I&C) in the industry)
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, is the world's pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Westinghouse supplied the world's first PWR in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants, including 60 percent of those in the United States.
For more information about the Westinghouse AP1000, click here.
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Conrad Kacsik Establishes New Division
Conrad Kacsik Instrument Systems Inc., Solon, Ohio, established a new division dedicated specifically to assisting customers with their NADCAP and CQI-9 compliance processes. The Division will be headed by Andrew Bassett, formerly director of pyrometry for a large multifacility commercial heat treater. He has more than 15 years of experience in the industry.
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Solar Manufacturing Builds Vacuum Nitriding Furnace for Winston Heat Treat
William Jones, CEO of Solar (left) and
John Reger, president of Winston Heat Treat.
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., received authorization from Winston Heat Treat to ship Winston’s new vacuum purge/gas nitride furnace to its plant in Dayton, Ohio. Winston president John Reger expects the state-of-the-art furnace will open new markets for his company because of fast cycle time, and the high quality of the nitrided case.
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ALD-Holcroft Expands U.S. Based Manufacturing
ALD-Holcroft Vacuum Technologies, Wixom, Mich., has expanded its U.S. based manufacturing capabilities to meet growing demand for its ModulTherm and DualTherm furnace systems in the NAFTA market. These systems previously were supplied from ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH in Germany. In addition to these vacuum based components, ALD-Holcroft will continue to supply all ancillary equipment from within the U.S.
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GH Induction Group to Provide Gear/Raceway Hardening Machine
GH Induction Group, Valencia, Spain, received an order from a U.S. manufacturer of bearings for a two-station gear/raceway hardening machine capable of hardening gears and bearing raceways up to 1,500 mm in diameter and weighing up to 2,000 kg. This machine will be installed at a U.S. factory in the fall of 2008. These large bearings are used in the production of wind turbines among many other uses.
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Praxair Signs Heat-Treat Joint Marketing Agreements
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., signed joint marketing agreements with Atmosphere Engineering Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Super Systems Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) combining their strengths to provide a comprehensive solution for heat-treat customers. The combined capabilities of Praxair, AEC and SSi cover a broad spectrum of batch and continuous heat-treating processes, such as carburizing, carbonitriding, neutral hardening, annealing, gas quenching and heat treatment under vacuum.
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Seco/Warwick Patents Power Management System for Vacuum Furnaces
Seco/Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., patented a power management option (U.S. 7,193,188 B2) for high pressure quench vacuum furnaces that reduces electrical consumption. The system results in a minimum of 20% reduction in electrical consumption and improves efficiency by increasing the heating and cooling systems power factor. More than ten vacuum HPQ furnaces using the power management system are in operation since the patent issue in May 2007.
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Winner of 2008 ASM HTS/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating Contest Selected
Vivekanand Sista (right) is presented a
plaque by Professor Philip Nash for his
winning paper in the 2008 ASM HTS/Bodycote
Best Paper in Heat Treating Contest.
Vivekanand Sista, a graduate student at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, Ill., was selected as the winner of the 2008 ASM Heat Treating Society/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating contest. The paper, entitled “Accelerated Bainitic Transformation During Cyclic Austempering,” coauthored by Professor Philip Nash (Thermal Processing Technology Center IIT) and Satyam S. Sahay (Tata Research Development and Design Centre, Pune, India) also was entered in the Bodycote Prize Paper Competition in Manchester, UK, where Vivek was awarded one of two Runner Up prizes.
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Practical Heat Treating
August 4-8, 2008
ASM World Headquarters
Instructor: David Pye
Practical Heat Treating is designed to teach about the actual heat treating process, or the “how” of heat treating, in contrast to the “why” of heat treating as you might find in courses such as Heat Treatment of Steel and Principles of Heat Treating.
For more information or to register, contact Customer Service at
800-336-5152, ext. 0; e-mail Customer Service.
For a complete 2008 schedule of classes, visit us online.
Practical Induction Heat Treating
September 22-26, 2008
ASM World Headquarters
Instructor: Jon Dossett
Practical Induction Heat Treating covers the basic principles of heat treatment and induction heating with emphasis on equipment, frequency, and power selection; heating and quenching coil design; cooling systems design; current applications; process control; sources of and solutions to induction heat treating problems; process and quality control techniques; and system maintenance. Examples of how to determine operational costs will be provided.
For more information or to register, contact Customer Service at
800-336-5152, ext. 0; e-mail Customer Service.
For a complete 2008 schedule of classes, visit us online.
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Elements of Metallurgy and Engineering Alloys
Flake Campbell Jr.
2008, approx. 650 pages
Member price: $96.00
Nonmember price: $120.00
This resource combines a thorough presentation of physical and mechanical metallurgical concepts together with an overview of most commercially important metals and their alloys, as well as their engineering properties. Easy to read and well illustrated, this reference book is especially suited for engineers, scientists, technicians and other persons working in the metals industry and who use metals in product design and manufacturing.
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440-338-5151, ext. 0
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Don’t miss the HTS Regional Event!
Quenching & Control of Distortion of Heat Treated Gears
September 24-25, 2008
Radisson Hotel
Milwaukee Airport, Wisconsin
The conference will provide important information by heat-treating experts on methods to reduce distortion and residual stress of quenched parts, quality control and maintenance of quenchants, and more.
Event organizers: Scott MacKenzie (Houghton International), Dave Quisbert (QA Metallurgical Services LLC), Cynthia Barnicki (Milwaukee School of Engineering), and Dennis Beauchesne (ECM USA Inc.)
For more information, visit us online.
To learn more about tabletop exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, or to discuss customizing a program to meet your specific needs, contact:
Kelly Thomas
Exposition Sales Manager
440-338-1733
Cleaning Requirements for Heat Treatment – Developments and Applications
October 29-30 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Mass.
Sponsored by ASM Heat Treating Society
Contact Customer Service Center, ASM Intl., Matls. Park, Ohio
800/336-5152 (ext. 0) or 440/338-5151 (ext. 0)
customerservice@asminternational.org
www.asminternational.org
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ASM VP Roger Fabian, FASM, Keynote Speaker at Northeast Regional Material Advantage Conference
ASM vice president Roger Fabian, FASM, of Bodycote Thermal Processing in Berlin, Conn., presented a keynote address the first Northeast Regional Material Advantage Conference, which was hosted by the University of Connecticut Material Advantage Chapter (UCMA). The event brought together area university chapters and industry professionals, as well as high school students.
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