Category: Petroleum and Chemical Processing

Retech furnace produces 1320-pound ceramic shell titanium casting in a single pour

Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, Calif., part of the Seco Warwick Group, announces that its consumable electrode casting furnace has produced the largest ceramic shell titanium casting ever created from a single pour in Europe.

Outokumpu introduces corrosion-resistant titanium-stabilized nickel-base Ultra Alloy 825

Outokumpu Oy, Finland, introduces Ultra Alloy 825, a titanium-stabilized austenitic nickel-base alloy with added copper designed primarily for process equipment in the chemical and oil and gas industries.

Penn State to lead $20 million NETL coalition for fossil energy research

The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), South Park Township, Pa., has selected Pennsylvania State University, State College, as the lead institution to establish the six-year, $20 million University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research.

TimkenSteel develops faster process for manufacturing high-pressure tubing

TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, reports that it has developed a new process to manufacture high-pressure special bar quality tubing for the production of low-density polyethylene.

Reliance acquires Tubular Steel for its specialty steel products

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Tubular Steel Inc., which stocks over 60,000 tons and ships over two million custom-cut lengths of pipe, tubing, and bar products annually.

Ipsen ships Titan H8 furnace to Saudi Arabia, the first outside the United States

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it has made its first shipment of a Titan H8 furnace to a company outside the United States: A Titan H8 vacuum furnace was shipped to a facility in Saudi Arabia.

Ipsen Atlas furnace heat treats parts for automotive and oil & gas industries

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an Atlas atmosphere furnace, two temper furnaces, a washer, a loader, and a storage table to a commercial heat treater in the Midwest.

Vertical vacuum heat treating furnace processes flowformed components

PMF Industries, Williamsport, Pa., has expanded its flowforming capabilities with the addition of a new vacuum furnace that allows vertical heat treating of flowformed and machined shafts up to 80 in. long.

Ipsen delivers vertical Titan vacuum furnace to South Korea

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently installed a Titan V6 thermal processing vacuum system at a company’s facility in South Korea, where it will be used to process production tools for the petrochemical industry.

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.