Materials & Welding

Stainless steel specialist course ISSF has delivered another e-learning module for the Stainless steel specialist course. The Stainless steel specialist course   Read more...

YU445 stainless grade Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco) has added a new stainless steel grade YU445 to its catalogue. With high Cr, extremely low C,  Read more...

The combination of stress corrosion resistance, low density, low modulus and non-magnetic properties possessed by titanium alloys makes many of them suitable for service in sour conditions. Titanium has been successfully used in a variety of sour service applications in the drilling, logging and production phases of the oilfield industry. Sour service environments are defined by NACE International specification MR0175 as "fluids containing water and hydrogen sulphide (H2S) that is at a total pressure of 0.4MPa (65psia) or greater, and if the partial pressure of hydrogen sulphide in the gas is greater than 0.0003MPa (0.05psia)". The acidity of the environment is below pH 3.5, and carbon dioxide, and chlorides are also normally present. Titanium alloys are available in a range of strength levels, and this permits selection for a wide variety of oilfield and geothermal applications including pipework, manifolds, valves and pumps, chokes, kill and booster lines, instrument casi...

  254 SMO® for oil platforms Outokumpu has made the first supply of its high-performance super-austenitic grade 254 SMO® for an offshore project in Qatar ,  Read more...

Hydrogen in steel is bad news for mechanical properties and the metal's chemical characteristics. A recent Key to Steel article details the chemistry of hydrogen problems. The feature also discusses the sources of hydrogen pick up in steel production from the addition of materials and components, such as lime and coke.  

Albany Times Union State transportation engineers are watching closely to see whether four experimental holes cut in the steel of the Patroon Island Bridge will lead to a solution for a persistent problem with cracking on the bridge's floor beams. Workers suspended beneath the westbound lanes cut elliptical holes in two floor beams in an effort to help increase bridge flexibility.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a new database on the properties of solid materials at temperatures ranging from cryogenic to room temperature. Officially known as NIST Standard Reference Data Database #152, the Cryogenic Materials Properties Database is available online, free of charge. Learn more .

Asia Pulse Pte Ltd. Australian steelmaker OneSteel has signed an agreement with the University of NSW in which waste plastic will replace up to 30% of the coke and coal used in their steelmaking process. The technology has been tested for the past two years at OneSteel's Sydney plant in Rooty Hill.

Sandvik has introduced a new welding strip titled Sandvik 24.29.5.Lcu, for overlay welding. Suitable for oil and gas applications,  Read more...

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