CMT Boiler tube weld overlay
Unit Superheater Engineering supply weld overlaid boiler tube, supplying to the energy from waste, biomass, and fossil fuelled power industry within the UK and Europe.
Unit Superheater utilise the Cold Metal Transfer welding technology , delivering an automated and controlled application of weld overlay cladding to standard base tube.
Alloy 625 (ErNiCrMo-3) has successfully been used to significantly extend the life of boiler tubes in highly corrosive environments such as energy-from-waste boilers for many years, and continues to be the material of choice to combat most fireside corrosion issues.
Advances in the search for superior performance alloys to challenge the most aggressive superheater corrosion, have resulted in Alloy 686 being selected by several of the latest generation of Energy from Waste plants.
Advanced welding system architecture, ensure repeatable quality, and a high integrity weld overlay, with ultra low weld chemistry dilution.
The weld overlay application encompasses the full range of typical boiler tube sizes 38 mm – 76.1 mm, but with the enhanced capability for large diameters up to 220 mm diameter for header and collector bodies, and < 38 mm for specialised superheater applications.
CMT weld overlaid tube combines the economics and strength of a carbon or low alloy steel base tube material, with a NiCrMo weld overlay layer in a range of materials.
CMT weld overlaid tube is a high integrity pressure part component, with controlled weld chemistry and ductility, and is suitable for cold and hot finish bending.
Material combinations of base tube and weld overlay alloy can be tailored to suit specific corrosion and erosion conditions, and pressure part design requirements.
High temperature fireside corrosion in boilers is a complex process, many factors contribute to tube degradation, and alloy selection is critical to providing the optimum solution that balances reliability and economics.
Consistent and uniform, the CMT process delivers an ultra-low dilution weld overlay of assured repeatable quality.
The standard process applies a single layer of a minimum thickness 2.0 mm. Increased thickness can be achieved in either single or double layer to meet customer bespoke specifications.
Applications include:
Water wall inserts & fabricated tube panels
Replacement superheaters
Replacement superheater bends
Screen wall tubes
Burner, sootblower, & door aperture tubes
Headers and collectors
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