Many common products, ranging from plastics to drugs to electronic materials, are produced by chemical processes. Because the production of these items often involves corrosive agents and is conducted under high pressures or temperatures, corrosion resistant equipment is needed, equipment which is best and most cost-effectively produced using clad construction. One of the larger applications for titanium-clad equipment is in the manufacture of Purified Terephthalic Acid (‘‘PTA’’), a precursor product for polyester used in everything from carpets to plastic bottles. This market requires extensive use of stainless steel and nickel alloys but also uses titanium and, to a lesser extent, zirconium and tantalum.
Chemical & Petrochemical Applications:
- Columns
- Pressure Vessels
- Pipes
- Heat Exchangers
- Thin film evaporators
- Towers
- Tanks
- Urea Reactors
- Ammonia Convertors
- Methanol Convertors
- Hydrothermal Autoclaves
- Flue gas desulfurization units
- Stacks
- Chimneys
- Flue gas Channels
- Reactors
- Crackers
- Cokers
- Vessel heads
- Heat exchanger tubes
- Stirrers
- Absorbers
- Drums