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As a Senior Business Development Manager at Turner Industries, based in Pasadena, Texas, Sinitiere is deeply rooted in the action of the oil and gas sector, offering vital support across a spectrum of services, including civil and mechanical construction, fabrication, and specialized maintenance.

Alloys of the reactive metal family typically exhibit superior corrosion resistance for many highly corrosive chemical processes. The common reactive metals - titanium, zirconium, and tantalum - are broadly used by the Chemical Process Industry when highly aggressive corrosion management is a concern. Alloys of these metals are typically selected to optimize availability, manufacture reliability, fabrication, performance, and cost. To further minimize cost, particularly when heavy wall sections are required, explosion clad is the dominant material of choice.

In the heart of industrial innovation, a company emerged from humble beginnings to redefine the landscape of on-site machining. Today, Superior Portable Machine Tools, originally a specialized tool rental company, has evolved into a powerhouse, offering top-of-the-line solutions across a spectrum of industries.

The McIlvaine Company has been making predictions about the air, water, energy (AWE) stainless steel market for decades. The political winds have been of minor importance; the big variables have been in economics. The new reality is that political forces will shape the AWE market in the coming years in an unprecedented way.

Of all the materials used for bridges over the centuries, stainless steel will likely prove the most effective and durable. Europe led the way in using duplex grades, though some use was also made of austenitics. In the USA, a ferritic-martensitic dual-phase grade has found favor, but duplex grades are being assessed and more frequently applied. Among the reasons for this are the excellent mechanical properties of duplex, its corrosion resistance, and its favorable strength-to-weight ratio.

High Nickel alloyed stainless steels are categorized as having Chromium + Nickel greater than 50%, and most of these alloys have Nickel greater than 30%. These materials have been used widely in petrochemical, chemical, refinery, and organic acid industries, due to their excellent overall corrosion resistance to various types of media and harsh environments involving high temperatures.

Why do things crack? A stress is applied that is strong enough to separate the material. Metals are theoretically much stronger than we find in practice, and this is due to “artifacts” within the microstructures that act as stress concentrators.

The City of Hamilton, Ontario began treating its water in 1859. The facility started the way most water treatment plants did, as a resource for fire protection.

Reliability goes beyond the technical details of industrial assets; it is a mindset. Enhancing equipment performance not only optimizes operations but also impacts human lives. The lack of reliability results in leaks, uncontrolled releases, and catastrophic equipment failures that could jeopardize the workplace. Tami Glasper, the Reliability Manager at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. spoke to Stainless Steel World Americas and provided valuable insights into her role and the critical intersection of reliability and safety.

For decades, the use of extremely toxic and environmentally detrimental cyanide in the hydrometallurgical extraction of gold has been a target of research looking for greener alternatives. One promising alternative for cyanide is non-toxic thiosulfate solutions. In fact, for carbonaceous gold ores, the recovery of gold has been shown to improve with thiosulfate solutions versus cyanide. This is attributed to the thiosulfate compound with gold not adsorbing on the carbonaceous ore, unlike that of cyanide compound with gold. In addition, hydrometallurgical leaching with thiosulfate is more economically viable versus cyanide due to the lower costs of thiosulfate salts versus that of cyanide.