Langley Alloys acquires Copeland and Craddock Ltd .
Langley Alloys Holdings of Newcastle under Lyme announced its purchase of the business from the Copeland family . Copeland and Craddock are the UK ’ s premier sub-contract centreless peeling facility with 12 peeling machines covering a sizes range of 12 mm to 225 mm . The company developed and patented its own specialist machinery , advancing the bar peeling technology of the day , and the business still utilises this technology in its core activities to provide an excellent centreless bar turning , straightening and cutting service to its customers .
Baker Hughes delivers duplex valves
In 2022 , Baker Hughes Masoneilan won a critical API control valve package for the Mero-3 offshore FPSO project . Shipped in Jan 2023 , these severe service valves will control a wide range of onboard processes ranging from high-pressure water injection to high-pressure gas manifold management . The order includes forged duplex stainless steel valves that are API-6A compliant and capable of working pressures up to 15,000 psi . All valves were designed , manufactured , and tested with successful first pass yield in their Conde , France facility where Baker Hughes maintains their API-6A Center of Excellence for offshore control valve products . The valves will be ship mounted on the Mero-3 dedicated FPSO vessel Marechal Duque de Caxias built by MISC Malaysia , with production expected in 2024 . Mero-3 is the third of four Mero sectors in the Santos Basin offshore of Rio de Janeiro , managed by Petrobras , Shell , Total , and other partners , estimated to contain 3-4 billion barrels of oil .
Primetals upgrades Level 2 automation at TISCO
Duplex storage tanks for Bakelite
Bakelite Synthetics is a manufacturer of innovative synthetic materials , including the production of formaldehyde . Amongst other things , this substance is used in the production of synthetic resins . Due to an expansion in production capacity , a need for additional storage capacity was required . To this end , Bakelite Synthetics contacted Gpi for the construction of two new duplex stainless steel storage tanks . Ed Hertogh , Global MI and Formaldehyde Optimization Leader at Bakelite Synthetics , provides support to a number of the company ’ s production sites , in particular those producing and storing formaldehyde . The tanks were constructed at Gpi ’ s production site in Groot-Ammers and transported by water to Botlek in the port of Rotterdam .
Primetals Technologies ’ most extensive upgrade of process optimisation systems to date was recently implemented at TISCO ’ s steel plant in Taiyuan , Shanxi Province , China . TISCO is one of China ’ s leading producers of stainless steels and duplex . Primetals Technologies upgraded the Level 2 automation systems at 14 steelmaking units across the entire meltshop , seven continuous slab casters , and the central management system for raw-material logistics and evaluation . This comprehensive modernisation enables TISCO to execute the steel-production process from a central control center , also sometimes called “ integrated control center ” ( ICC ). The upgrade ensures full plant automation , “ one-button steelmaking ,” as all systems are connected to the same unified network . The modernisation of the Level 2 systems makes it possible for TISCO to calculate process parameters even more accurately using modern metallurgical models , which will improve the quality , productivity , and flexibility of TISCO ’ s production process .
6 Stainless Steel World April 2023 www . stainless-steel-world . net