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Content about Sandvik Materials Technology - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik Materials Technology to supply tubes for Leviathan gas field
- Apr 11, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Sandvik Materials Technology, Stockholm, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels and other high-performance materials, has secured the contract to be the sole provider of stainless steel umbilical tubes for the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel. The order,...
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik appoints president for Sandvik Machining Solutions
- Mar 15, 2017
- Machining
- News Release
Sandvik has appointed Klas Forsström as president for Sandvik's business area Sandvik Machining Solutions and as a member of the group executive management. Forsström has been with the Sandvik group for about 25 years. He most recently served as president of Sandvik Coromant, a supplier of metal...
- From The Welder
Nickel-based welding wire, covered electrodes introduced
- Oct 19, 2016
- Consumables
- Product Release
Sandvik has added a new welding wire and covered electrodes to its Sanicro™ line of nickel-based welding materials. Complementing the introductions is a new flux, Sandvik 69S, designed for ESW high-speed cladding. The nickel-based grades include Sanicro 55 welding wire (alloy 686/ERNiCrMo-14), as...
- From The Fabricator
App helps welders choose grades, make calculations
- Apr 12, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Sandvik has introduced the new Welding App for planning and performing welding projects. It is free to download for phones and tablets from the Apple Store and Google Play. Designed for welding engineers, welders, specifiers, project engineers, and owner operators, the app allows users to plan...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T joins initiative for efficient manufacturing of fuel cell plates
- Jun 2, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
AP&T, Cell Impact, and Sandvik have joined together to develop a system for cost-efficient, large-scale manufacturing of fuel cell plates. Sandvik has produced a new method for coating stainless steel strip. The material is delivered with a finished surface, which eliminates the need to coat...
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik Materials Technology to divest power spring business in U.S. and Mexico
- Oct 28, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Sandvik Materials Technology is divesting its power spring business in Scranton, Pa., and Nogales, Mexico, to Sweden-based Lesjöfors AB, a subsidiary of Beijer Alma and manufacturer of industrial springs, wire, and flat strip components. “This divestment is in line with Sandvik Materials...
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik, Tenaris sign five-year strategic alliance agreement
- Jul 17, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Sandvik and Tenaris have signed a new five-year strategic alliance agreement on the exclusive joint supply of corrosion-resistant alloy OCTG materials and technology to the oil and gas industry. The alliance brings together Sandvik’s corrosion-resistant alloy tubes and TenarisHydril’s...
- From The Welder
Welding wires designed for single- or multilayer surfacing
- Jan 13, 2014
- Consumables
- Product Release
Sandvik offers three welding wire grades for GTAW, plasma arc welding, GMAW, and SAW. Characterized by its very low cobalt, vanadium, and boron content and enhanced ferrite content, Sandvik 24.13.LHF has high resistance to hot cracking. The wire is recommended for first-layer weld cladding...
Update from Germany
- By Eric Lundin
- Jun 13, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
Interviews with several TUBE exhibitors revealed that the energy industry remains the biggest driver in the tube and pipe industry. The opportunities aren’t just in oil and gas, but also wind and even nuclear, despite the Fukushima incident. Meanwhile, a few vendors have come up with machines and processes that reduce tube and pipe consumption and waste, helping the industry deal with fluctuating metals prices.
- From The Fabricator
Coated stainless steel strip designed for electronic component manufacturers
- Dec 14, 2011
- Metals/Materials
- Product Release
Sandvik has introduced Sandvik Santronic™, a coated stainless steel strip designed for electronic component manufacturers. It can serve as an alternative material for postprocessed electroplated parts in stainless steel or copper-based alloys. The strip offers high-purity, thin-coated layers of...
- From The Fabricator
Precoated stainless steel improves tactile domes forming
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 6, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Situation Tactile domes are used in communication devices as the switch element incorporated into membrane switches and control panels. Generally, they are made of 301 stainless steel preplated with 3 to 7 microns of nickel or silver. A global electronics stamper with business in the tactile...
Using laser shock peening to increase pilger die life
- By David Lahrman
- Dec 1, 2009
- Metals/Materials
- Article
During pilgering, the dies endure extreme amounts of stress. Shot peening is a conventional, economic process for hardening the tooling, but its benefits are limited. Supplementing shot peening with laser shock peening where the stress is highest can help to extend the service life of the tools.
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik to open service center in China
- Oct 13, 2009
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sandviken, Sweden, has announced plans to open a dedicated service center with its own slitting line in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China, this month. Initially intended to supply strip to customers throughout the Chinese market, the center will offer material...
- From The Fabricator
Sandvik Decorex wins design award
- Feb 10, 2009
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Sandvik Decorex™, produced by Sandvik Materials Technology in Sandviken, Sweden, has won a Materialica Design + Technology Award for 2008, presented at the Materialica Trade Fair in Munich, Germany. The award is given to emphasize the importance of materials for industrial design-oriented...
- From The Welder
Overlay welding strip intended to reduce production time
- Dec 11, 2007
- Arc Welding
- Product Release
Sandvik says its new welding strip, Sandvik 24.29.5.LCu, reduces production time by half in overlay welding applications. The material allows users to attain the required grade for 904L overlay in a single weld using a standard flux, the company reports. Designed for use with corrosion-resistant,...
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