Succes-stories

Rectification of cracks in penstock

The team of voestalpine Böhler Welding India supported the project “KAMENG HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT” of NEEPCO by supporting the contractor for repair welding of penstocks.

Matchless in Stainless wires for NASA liquid hydrogen pressure vessel

Customer Didion’s Mechanical asked for a product recommendation and technical assistance with a cryogenic pressure vessel application.

diamondspark wires used on polar scientific investigation ship

Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard tried Böhler Welding’s seamless flux-cored wires of the diamondspark range for the first time - and the test results convinced them from the start.

Efficiency first

Success Story

David Lecointre and his team received the silver award in the category "most efficient solution" for their project with SERIMAX at Solvator 2019.

Vertical up welding of 9% Nickel LNG storage tanks with Böhler Welding

Success Story | USA, Europe, Australia, South Korea

Welded joints in the fabrication of cryogenic liquid nitrogen gas (LNG) tanks are submitted to severe conditions – such as very low temperatures and high stress.

Welding of vessels for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

Success Story | Cern, Switzerland

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is one of the greatest scientific projects of our time aiming to unravel the mystery of how the universe came to exist of matter rather than antimatter.

BÖHLER Welding filler metals in use on China's high-speed train lines

Success Story

The seamless cored wire BÖHLER HL 51 T-MC from the series Diamondspark by Böhler Welding proves to be a filler material that meets all requirements.

Grosse Unterstützung für grosse Herausforderungen

Success Story

voestalpine Böhler Welding stellt optimale Schweißleistung für das Dammbauprojekt in Baihetan/China sicher.

Rundnahtschweißen von Pumpen- und Armaturengehäusen

Success Story

Die Anforderung des Kunden war: Steigerung der Produktivität durch eine geeignete Automatisierung. Durch die Umstellung von Lichtbogenhandschweißen auf das UP-Verfahren wurde die Produktivität um ein Vielfaches gesteigert.

Seamless metal cored wire improving welding speed for SAW of water wall steels

Success Story | France

For the fabrication of grade 1 (16Mo3) water wall panels voestalpine Böhler Welding successfully qualified a welding procedure specification for submerged arc welding using Union MV Mo S / UV 305 seamless metal cored wire flux combination together with our customers and approved by the notified body (TÜV).

Fabrication welding of coke drums

Success Story | India

Spring 2017, ISGEC Hitachi Zosen Ltd. in India achieved a milestone with the delivery of two coke drums from their Dahej construction site to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. refinery in Haldia in the state of West Bengal.

Essc cladding of alloy 825

Success Story | Spain

Felguera Caldereria Pesada (FCP) in Gijon is part of the Duro Felguera Group and specializes in the manufacture of (turnkey) equipment for the oil & gas sector. It is internationally well-known as an important fabricator of pressure vessels and reactors.

Fabrication welding of locomotive frames

Success Story | India

General Electric India received a letter of award from the Indian Ministry of Railways for the supply and maintenance of 1000 diesel locomotives of their Evolution Series. BÖHLER HL 51 T-MC metal-cored wire was selected as primary filler material for welding the locomotive bogies.

No Solar Energy without Polysilicon

Success Story | Netherlands

Verolme® Special Equipment (VSE), is an important supplier of reactors for the polysilicon sector which produces the raw material for the solar and electronics industry worldwide. The thick-walled reactor shells are welded with the hot wire GTAW process using UTP A 2133 Mn welding wire which has an optimized chemical composition and an ultra-clean surface finish optimized for this process

Worldwide success with customized manufacturing

Success Story | Switzerland

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG – Competence centre for flow measurement technology. The flow measurement appliances developed and produced by this Swiss company based in Reinach set the standard worldwide. voestalpine Böhler Welding is the ideal partner for its welding consumables.

Une réussite en béton

Succes Story | St. Stefan

Le plus long mât de distribution de pompe à béton signé SCHWING, monté sur un camion, a atteint la longueur incroyable de 61 m. Chacun peut imaginer les forces auxquelles il doit résister lors du pompage du béton. Cela exige les plus grandes compétences en matière de construction métallique légère et lors de la fabrication de ces produits haut de gamme. voestalpine Böhler Welding est un partenaire fiable.

puissance.performance.service

Succes Story | Wels

120 000 produits, et tous les jours viennent s'y ajouter de nouveaux. Kellner & Kunz ne se contente pas de définir des standards dans le domaine de la distribution des outils et de la technique de fixation, soutenue depuis des décennies pour les métaux d'apport par son partenaire voestalpine Böhler Welding. L'entreprise réalise 60 % de son chiffre d'affaires total avec des services pour les clients de l'industrie, une preuve impressionnante de sa capacité de performance dans ce domaine.

Die beste Verbindung

Erfolgsgeschichte | Germany

Nur der Anbieter, der in seinem Markt als besonders kompetent, schnell und flexibel wahrgenommen wird, kann die wichtige Funktion als Schnittstelle zwischen Anwender und Hersteller dauerhaft erfüllen. Als Handelshaus und Dienstleister lebt DSL Schweißtechnik diese klare Philosophie. voestalpine Böhler Welding ist hierbei ein kongenialer Partner.

Kaprun

Success Story | Austria

Replacement of a penstock for the Kaprun pumped storage plant in Austria: 3 pipe segments with lengths of 2 meters were prefabricated in the workshop (2 seams SAW welded). On site, the installation was carried out using the TIG-hot wire process. The transmission line to the turbine has a length of 25 meters, and the bifurcator a length of 38 meters. The total length of the penstock, consisting of 4 lines, is 8.9 km, whereof 7.7 km are installed in the cavern.

Polskie LNG/Dalian LNG/Gorgon-Barrow Island LNG

Success Story | Poland/China/Australia

Components: 9% Ni Steel LNG-tanks

Jamnagar Refinery

Success Story | India

This FCC regenartor was the world’s heaviest FCC regenarator, approx. 1,200 MT, including internals

Mina-Al-Ahmadi Hydroprocessing Reactors

Success Story | Kuwait

22 hydrotreating and hydrocracking reactors up to 1450 MT in weight, each CrMo2 and CrMo 22V

Designs according to RCC-M code

Success Story | France/Finland/China/Brazil/South Korea

Components: reactor pressure vessel, reactor vessel internals, steam generator, piping, coolant pump, pressurizer

Westinghouse AP 1000®-design (according to ASME III) and Chinese CAP-1400-design

Success Story | China

Components: Reactor pressure vessel, steam generator, pressurizer, core make-up tank, accumulator, piping, pump casing, boron injection tank

Wikinger Windpark

Success Story | Denmark

Big – bigger – the biggest: The seamless flux cored wire from the Böhler Welding group was used for one of the most impressive offshore wind farms in history. Seventy wind turbines have been installed in the German Baltic Sea, making this the largest such project worldwide.

Francis Turbine Guri II

Success Story | Venezuela

The complete range of products for SMAW, GTAW, GMAW and SAW using Böhler Welding consumables means safe and trouble-free plant operation. Efficient welding solutions are provided with flux- and metal-cored wires. Numerous references for the construction of penstocks for pumped storage hydro power plants demonstrate our dedication to the hydropower industry. Penstocks and bifurcated pipes as high-tech components call for engineering expertise and first-class materials.

Pelton runner fabrication Andritz Hydro Switzerland

Success Story | Switzerland

For decades, Andritz Hydro in Switzerland have used Böhler 13/4-IG and 13/4 MC wire for the manufacturing of their pelton turbines. The speciality behind this process is the method with which they form the buckets on the wheel using pure weld metal.

South Korean Nuclear Power plants - Steam-Generators

Success Story | South Korea

Project:
- South Korean OPR 1000 design (according to ASME III): Shin-Kori 1&2, Shin-Wolsong 1&2, Ulchin 3&4, Yongwang 5&6, Ulchin 5&6
- South Korean APR-1400-design (according to ASME III): Shin Kori 3&4, Shin Ulchin 1

Sabine Pass Reverse Train Project

Success Story | USA

Components in a liquefaction train   

Liquid Ethylene Gas tanker construction

Success Story | China/Germany

Building of bilobe tanks in 5% Ni-steel.

A Report on Roller Arcing

Success Story | India

Extracting juice from sugar cane to make sugar involves squeezing shredded cane between large rotating rollers. Grooving of the cast iron roller surfaces and subsequent arcing of the teeth profile with globules of hard and highly durable metal improves juice extraction and prevents slippage of the shredded cane during crushing. voestalpine Böhler Welding is the reliable supplier of the welding metal used for arcing.

Un partenaire qui a de la personnalité

Succes Story | Vorarlberg

Haberkorn est le plus grand distributeur de produits techniques pour l'industrie et le bâtiment en Autriche. Le portefeuille de produits de l'entreprise, forte de son succès à l'international sur plus de 30 sites en Europe centrale et orientale, comprend le nombre incroyable de 180 000 articles – depuis les composants d'entraînement jusqu'aux équipements de protection en passant par les roulements mécaniques. Dans le domaine des accessoires et de la technique de soudage, on se concentre sur le Vorarlberg. La proximité personnelle, les meilleurs conseils et la meilleure assistance sont un important facteur de succès et l'équipe engagée y attache une réelle importance. C'est ce que savent bien apprécier les clients de la région.

Parfaitement bien conseillé, livré rapidement

Succes Story | Ennsdorf bei Enns

EISEN NEUMÜLLER – Négociant en acier et ferrailleur
La rapidité sous tous les aspects est un signe distinctif de EISEN NEUMÜLLER. Cette entreprise familiale dynamique n'a ajouté les métaux d'apport de soudage dans son portefeuille de produits qu'il y a quelques années et fait déjà partie des partenaires commerciaux les plus importants de voestalpine Böhler Welding en Autriche.

Une réussite durable

Succes Story | Buchs

Hitachi Zosen KRB AG – le spécialiste des usines d'incinération
Les usines d'incinération préservent nos ressources, transformant les déchets en énergie. Les cuves sous pression et composants de machines produits sur le site de Buchs par l'entreprise suisse misant sur la qualité représentent une contribution importante à un approvisionnement en énergie durable à long terme. Car la révision et la réparation de ces installations constituent le cœur de métier de Hitachi Zosen KRB. voestalpine Böhler Welding est ici un partenaire stable.

Proximité clients en toutes circonstances

Succes Story | Graz, Vienna

ZULTNER – Distributeur en gros et Platinum Partner de voestalpine Böhler Welding. Acier inoxydable, aluminium, métaux non ferreux et produits semi-finis, tuyauterie, systèmes pour la construction métallique, solutions pour le traitement du métal et bien sûr technique de soudage – la compétence en matière de conseil de Zultner, l'un des meilleurs distributeurs en gros d'Autriche, est aussi large que son portefeuille de produits.

RWE Power AG / BoA 2&3 in Neurath

Success Story | Germany

The two 1.100MW lignite-fired units (Block F and G), also known as BoA 2 and 3 (Braunkohlekraftwerk mit optimierter Anlagentechnik), were built in 2012 which is the most modern of its kind in the world. The new units were engineered and constructed by Alstom, Hitachi Power Europe and GEA and have a net efficiency of approx. 45%.