Category: Boilers, Pressure Vessels, and Heat Exchangers

JSW Steel breaks ground on uniquely integrated plate/pipe mill complex in Texas

JSW USA, Baytown, Texas, has broken ground on what it believes to be the most technologically advanced and eco-friendly electric arc furnace, slab caster, and plate mill in the world.

Gasbarre ships heat treating furnace for workloads 32 feet wide weighing 40,000 pounds

Gasbarre Furnace Group/J. L. Becker, Plymouth, Mich., recently shipped a large-capacity gas-fired temper furnace to a major specialty alloy manufacturing company located in the Northeastern portion of the United States.

Outokumpu Supra 316plus stainless steel reduces weight of LNG tank container by 30%

Outokumpu Oy, Finland, announces that Finnish liquefied natural gas tank manufacturer LNGTainer has launched a new tank that brings together two innovations – LNGTainer’s game-changing tank container, and Outokumpu’s unique austenitic stainless steel grade, Supra 316plus (EN 1.4420, UNS S31655).

SecoWarwick brazing system to produce aluminum heat exchangers for race cars

SecoWarwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that a complete controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) system will be installed in a C & R Racing (USA) facility for the production of high-performance aluminum heat exchangers.

Aerobraze to overhaul USAF F-16 jet fighter heat exchangers via furnace brazing

Wall Colmonoy’s Aerobraze Engineered Technologies, Oklahoma City, announces that it has won a multi-year, multi-million dollar United States Air Force contract for the overhaul of the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter primary and secondary heat exchangers.

Nucor to acquire steel plate mill in Texas

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire the Joy Global steel plate mill in Longview, Texas, for approximately $29 million.

Specialty stainless steel with 23% chromium provides higher corrosion resistance

Crompion International, Baton Rouge, La., reports that it has developed Cromgard C23, a specialty stainless steel with 23% chromium, 3.5 – 5% nickel, and 1 – 2% molybdenum.

Worthington Industries acquires brazing manufacturer

Worthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has acquired the business of NetBraze LLC, a manufacturer of brazing alloys, silver brazing filler metals, solders, and fluxes primarily used in plumbing, HVAC-R, industrial gas, and OEM markets.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

Microporous copper foam with relative density of 37% is effective heat sink

Goodfellow, England, offers a microporous copper foam with pore sizes between 300 and 600 µm and a relative density of around 37%.