Heads and cones
You will find our heads, cones and special pressed parts in heat exchangers, separators, columns, compressors, storage tanks and special rail tank waggons.
We deliver to the oil and gas industry, refineries, chemical and petrochemical industry, paper industry, transport and energy industry.
We deliver heads and cones of carbon steels as well as cladded heads and cones.
voestalpine Grobblech is the world`s only supplier for shell plates, heads and cones made of carbon steels as well as made of roll-bonded clad plates from one single source.
Advantages
We deliver shell plates, heads and cones from one source. So we are able to offer special advantages to our customers as follows:
- Advantages in processing especially with welding when using same steel for shell plates and heads.
- Technical support and coordination from one research and quality department.
- Coordinated production and delivery of shell plates and heads from one hand.
- Smaller expenditure in purchasing for our customer.
Materials, shapes of heads and dimensions
Materials:
- Materials for heads and pressed parts of carbon steel: Structural steels, fine grain structural steels and pressure vessel steels
- Materials for clad heads and pressed parts: for base materials wie offer all carbon steels as above; for clad materials wie offer stainless steels, heat-resistant stainless steels as well as nonferrous metals and alloys.
Shapes of heads and dimensions:
We offer single-piece and multi-piece heads and cones with thicknesses up to 160 mm and diameters up to 10,000 mm.
| hot pressed | dished and flanged | ||
| Single-piece heads | diameter | max. 3,400 mm | max. 3,400 mm |
| thickness | max. 160 mm | max. 65 mm | |
Welded single-piece heads | diameter | 3,400 - 3,700 mm | 3,400 - 6,500 mm |
| thickness | max. 160 mm | max. 65 mm | |
Multi-piece heads and cones | diameter | max. 10,000 mm | |
| thickness | max. 160 mm | ||
Clad heads and cones | diameter | max. 10,000 mm | |
| thickness | max. 120 mm |
Here You will find information about head production.
Detailled information on materials, shapes and dimensions of heads and cones please find in the brochure attached below.





