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Size is no object to Titanium
Fabrication Corporation. When a major southwest chemical
company needed a 20 foot diameter solid Titanium column for its
Texas facility, it turned to Titanium Fabrication
Corporation.
The vessel, believed to be the largest
shop fabricated Titanium pressure vessel delivered anywhere to date,
was fabricated by Titanium Fabrication Corporation’s Fairfield, N.
J. shop and loaded aboard a barge for shipment via the inland
waterway.
The vessel measures 240 inches in
diameter, has a wall thickness ranging from 0.834” at the bottom to
0.728” at the top, and is 138 feet tall including the skirt.
The vessel is designed to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code. In addition, the Gulf Coast location required
consideration of loading from 120 mph winds.
The 240 inch diameter hemispherical
heads are fabricated from gore and dollar sections. Hemispherical
heads were selected for economy because of the large size of
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Solid Titanium is economical compared
to Titanium clad steel for shell thickness approaching one inch.
While we can clearly ship some large
loads, there are cases where it may be more economical to ship in
two or more sections and let us weld them together in the
field. This approach may be best in remote areas where roads
are poor, where length exceeds shipping limits, or to minimize the
crane size required for installation.
Titanium Fabrication
Corporation and it’s subsidiary, Ti Titanium Ltd./Ltee. of
Montreal, Quebec supply pressure vessels and reactors designed to
most recognized codes, including the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code Division 1 and Division 2, TUV, Stoomwezen, BS, CODAP, AD
Merkblatt, and JIS Codes. Titanium Fabrication Corporation is
qualified for all Titanium grades, zirconium, tantalum, and many
special corrosion resistant alloys.
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