TPI April 2009

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Growing demand for stainless steel solutions Wolseley provides a wide range of construction products and materials through more than 1,800 branches, including the Plumb Center, Build Center, Pipe Center, Drain Center, Climate Center, Parts Center, Electric Center, Encon, Brandon Hire and William Wilson chains. seems it’s a material whose time has come. ” Plascut Stainless is one of the UK’s most experienced plasma-arc profilers. Its computer-controlled plasma cutter can accommodate stainless steel plates up to 75mm thick and weighing up to five tonnes. It also operates one of the

UK’s largest plate saws, able to cut plate up to 6m long and 75mm thick.

Wolseley – UK customerservices@wolseley.co.uk www.wolseley.co.uk

Pipe Center – UK www.pipecenter.co.uk

Plascut Stainless, Pipe Center’s specialist stainless steel plasma cutting facility, has reported growing demand from fabricators keen to harness the anti-corrosion properties and aesthetics of stainless steel. “ It’s a trend we have been noticing for some time, ” commented Bob Elliott, who heads Wolseley’s high-tech facility in Sheffield, UK. “ Stainless steel, due to its permanence and chemical stability, has a growing range of applications in industrial process work and buildings. It is the material of choice for harsh or corrosive environments, and in food processing where hygiene is top of the agenda. With the new emphasis on reliability and quality engineering, it

Stainless steel feedwater and condenser tubing

Dan Janikowski, Plymouth Tube Company’s senior energy account executive, recently presented a paper entitled ‘Stainless Steel Feedwater and Condenser Tubing – Expectations, Results andChoices’, at the 2008 Power-Gen International Tradeshow. The complete paper can be downloaded at: www.plymouth.com/_ tmp/janikowski%20blessman%20fwh%20you%20have%20a%20choice.pdf

The company’s other technical papers and brochures can be accessed via: www.plymouth.com/brochures.aspx

Plymouth Tube Company – USA sales@plymouth.com • www.plymouth.com

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