TPT March 2013

Industry News

Erne Fittings supplies weld- overlay elbows and tees to Brazil

reduction in the welding and inspection expenses when processing the fittings. This saving potential is especially high when either large wall thicknesses are required due to high pressures and/ or temperatures, or very complex and therefore expensive alloy concepts are needed due to the corrosive load. Erne clad fittings are manufactured in cooperation between Erne Fittings and Uhlig Rohrbogen. Erne Fittings has produced high quality elbows, tees and reducers since the early 1920s, as a result of which the company has established itself as a premium supplier in the approved field. Uhlig Rohrbogen is a specialist in the field of weld-overlaying for an extremely wide range of industrial applications, such as boiler walls for waste incinerator plants.

in accordance with the connection dimensions of the straight clad pipes, ensure problem-free welding of the composite materials. Erne clad fittings combine high strength with excellent corrosion properties. The inner surface of a high-strength C-steel base material is coated with corrosion- resistant materials (eg austenite, Ni- based alloys). During use, the high- alloy weld-overlay layer prevents direct contact with the corrosive media and the ferritic base material ensures the required mechanical properties with regard to pressure and temperature, such as strength and impact toughness. In contrast to solid CRA (corrosion resistant alloys), Erne clad fittings enable threefold cost savings: due to the lower price of C-steel compared to high-alloy steels; due to the reduction in material used (the higher strength of the C-steel allows for thinner walls); and as thinner walls mean a significant

THYSSENKRUPP Mannex and Erne Fittings were recently able to secure a major order of seamless pipes, fittings and flanges for a project in Brazil. Pipes, fittings and flanges are processed to spools in Suape/Recife and afterwards integrated into the refinery “Abreu e Lima RNEST”. The plant, which is located in Ipojuca in north-eastern Brazil, is a pilot project of Petrobras, Brazil’s largest oil company. In future, oil products with a high sulphur content will be processed into diesel with a very low sulphur content here, using high temperatures and hydrogen (“hydrotreating”). The over 200 cladded elbows and tees with a dimensional range of 457 x (29.4 + 3)mm are made from the heat- resistant base material WP22 and an inside weld overlay of 317L. Compliance with tightest manufacturing tolerances during forming process and weld-overlay, as well as flexible weld-end preparation

Erne Fittings GmbH – Austria Email: office@ernefittings.com Website: www.ernefittings.com

Logistics firm celebrates anniversary RHYS Davies Freight Logistics is celebrating 60 years in the transport industry. The company began as a family business in 1952, and currently has 190 vehicles operating throughout the UK from nine strategically located depots. Rhys Davies offers tailored warehousing, distribution and handling service across its nine operating centres, providing customers with value added, cost saving services. One example of this is the paint mixing service that Rhys Davies provides for two separate European paint manufacturers at its Birmingham and Cardiff warehouses. This process includes a fully traceable quality sampling and testing process, where samples are taken, measured and sent to the customer for recording purposes. Gary Phillips, commercial manager of Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, said, “Because the clients are based in Europe it makes more sense for the paints to be mixed at our warehouse rather than them shipping paint colours speculatively. It saves them time, inventory and money.”

Rhys Davies Freight Logistics – UK Email: gary.phillips@rhysdavies.co.uk Website: www.rhysdavies.co.uk

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