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Kairos Power Installs Reactor Vessel for Oak Ridge Engineering Test Unit
Kairos Power has installed the reactor vessel for its third Engineering Test Unit…
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Kairos Power Installs Electron Beam Welded SMR Test Vessel
A test unit small modular reactor (SMR) vessel, developed in partnership with the…
Heat Treatment of Welded Joints – part 3: Precipitation or Age Hardening
Precipitation or Age Hardening is a process strengthens metals by forming fine precipitates…
Heat Treatment of Welded Joints – part 2: Tempering and PWHT
Tempering and PWHT Parameters Tempering – this has been described in the previous…
Heat Treatment of Welded Joints – part 1
Heat treatment is an important operation in welding. It affects the strength, toughness,…
ISO 3834-2:2021 — Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials Part 2: Comprehensive Quality Requirements
ISO 3834-2:2021 defines the highest level of quality requirements for fusion welding of…
Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials: Auditing Welding Companies and Suppliers
Fusion welding is often used in high-risk applications (e.g. pressure vessels, pipelines, bridges,…
Standards for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Welds
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Welds
Welding of the Pressuriser for Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station
Preamble Sizewell is a small village, located within the civil parish of Leiston,…
Welding Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS) for Offshore Applications – Case Study & Standards
Material description Stainless Steel (SS) contains significant amounts of chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni),…
Welding Procedure Qualification for Wind Turbine Monopiles: Dealing with Quality Deviations – Part 1
As the demand for offshore wind energy continues to grow, the importance of…
New welding strategy makes High Chromium White Cast Iron (HCWCI) repairable
High chromium white cast iron (HCWCI) is exceptionally hard. Its hardness typically exceeds…
Iron vs Pig Iron vs Steel: Key Differences Explained
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Fatigue in Asymmetrical Welds: Rethinking Design and Inspection for Thick SAW Joints
It is common practice to use symmetrical (Fig. 1) or asymmetrical (Fig. 2) grooves when welding thick materials. This approach primarily helps to control distortion, balance residual stresses, and reduce weld volume...
Welding of S355 Steel and Compliance Issues – Hardness: Part 1
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Structural Integrity of S355 TMCP Steels in Offshore Applications: Insights from Fatigue Testing
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Why Steel Grains and Housefly Eyes Share the Same Hexagonal Secret
If you cool low-alloy liquid steel containing approximately 0.08 wt% carbon below 1536 °C, solidification begins with the formation of a structure called delta ferrite (δ-ferrite). However, δ-ferrite has little significance in the design of structural steels.
