Sulzer, Switzerland, with expertise in rotating equipment retrofits and abrasive services, has helped a Philippines petrochemical plant solve a persistent reliability issue and prepare for a 64% increase in capacity by replacing critical pump components with new parts made from high-chromium C6 steel with an abrasion resistant coating applied using a high HVOF process.
Chrome plating is set to be banned over health-related issues, with one of them being the risk of lung cancer.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $35 million in funding to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.
QuesTek offers cloud-based software-as-a-service to organizations that want to enable digital transformation of materials engineering.
