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Pressure Vessel Head Weld Preparation

The picture below shows a dished / domed / torespherical pressure vessel head having a weld preparation machined on. The vertical borer at Abbotts can spin material up to 1300 mm diameter. The prep might also involve scarfing the thickness down in a shallow taper...
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Duncan Thurlby artwork in steel

See below recent work by our resident steel sculpture Duncan Thurlby – a very different approach from our own metal bashing methods ! Visit Duncan’s website for a great gallery if his hard work individually made pieces of art- Duncan Thurlby...
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American petroleum institute

Visit from consultant Frank McGuire towards research and development of our pressure vessels and other services to meet requirements Of API American petroleum institute. Frank has 35 years experience in the worldwide oil and gas industry we hope soon to develop a...
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ABS – American Bureau of Shipping Pressure Vessel

The vessel below has been designed using the ASME pressure vessel design code to satisfy the requirements of the chapter 4 section 1 of ABS Rules. This vessel is built from carbon steel and incorporates a filter plate within. The vessel design calculations and drawing...