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January 2010 Tube Products International 11
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HIGH PRESSURE FITTINGS
Forged-Carbon-Alloy-Stainless Steel, Threaded and Socket Weld
PRODUCTS:
90°/45° elbow, tee, union, coupling, bushing, plug, cap, insert, pipe nipple
& swage nipple . . .etc.
MATERIALS:
- Stainless Steel: ASTM A182, F304/304L, F316/316L, F304H/F316H, F317L
- Carbon Steel: ASTM A105, SF440A & A181, A350 LF2
- Alloy Steel: ASTM A182 F11, F22
PRESSURE RATINGS:
2000, 3000, 6000 & 9000 lbs
APPROVAL CERTIFICATES:
ISO-9001 Quality Assurance, L/R, C/R, N/K & ABS register of shipping, PED (CE)
Manufacturer & Exporter
BOTH-WELL STEEL FITTINGS CO., LTD.
No. 303, Jen-Hsin Rd., Jen-Wu Hslang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan (814)
Tel: +886 7 3711536, 3710497, 3720260 Fax: +886 7 3713864, 3713882
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TenCate Advanced Composites USA
has announced that Alliant Techsystems
(ATK) has selected TenCate as a
composite pre-preg material supplier
for the manufacture of composite rotor
tubes used in USEC Inc’s American
Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, USA.
The materials will be manufactured in
the TenCate Advanced Composites
facilities in Northern California. Sales
as a result of this supply agreement
will start from 2010, provided USEC Inc
receives Department of Energy (DoE)
debt funding for the project.
TenCate Advanced Composites is a
producer of advanced composite
materials primarily for the space and
aerospace markets and for the personal
and vehicle armour markets. There
is an increasing interest from other
industrial sectors, which will broaden the
application areas for these materials.
Scott Unger, president of TenCate
Advanced Composites USA stated, “We
are pleased to have been selected by
ATK to participate as co-supplier in this
programme. The experience of TenCate
with high modulus pre-preg systems
for satellite programmes has provided
the expertise needed to transition this
material from select aerospace usage
into an important industrial infrastructure
programme. The American Centrifuge
Plant is an important element in the US’s
goal to achieve energy independence.”
TenCate and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, YLA Inc and CCS
Composites Inc in Benicia, California,
have provided ATK with high modulus
pre-pregs and compression moulded
parts for many years for critical
aerospace and satellite programmes.
ATK is the manufacturer of composite
rotor tubes used in the centrifugemethod
enrichment process. ATK will fabricate
these tubes in its Rocket Center facility
in West Virginia, USA.
USEC Inc (United States Enrichment
Corporation) in Bethesda, Maryland,
currently operates the only enrichment
facility in the United States and supplies
more than a quarter of the world market.
USEC Inc is deploying the American
Centrifuge Plant, which will replace its
existing gaseous diffusion plant and
will be the only domestic US-owned
and operated enrichment facility. The
centrifuge method uses cascades of
large numbers of composite rotor tubes,
and is more cost effective than the gas
diffusion enrichment process.
USEC Inc has applied for and is
awaiting approval from the DoE Loan
Guarantee programme as the path for
obtaining debt funding to complete the
American Centrifuge Plant. According
to USEC Inc, the American Centrifuge
Plant will play an important role in
America’s energy security and national
security.
TenCate Advanced Composites USA
– USA
TenCate selected by ATK for
American Centrifuge programme