PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company
subsidiary WEC Welding and Machining has won a major contract from
CalEnergy to complete the 2507 Super Duplex Pipe Replacement Project. WEC
Welding and Machining's Carolina Energy Solutions (CES) will provide all
machining and welding services for the project. CalEnergy, located in
Calipatria, Calif., is one of the largest geothermal power producers in the
U.S., and is indirectly owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. and
TransAlta Corporation.
CES will provide orbital welding of 2507 Super Duplex Stainless Steel
utilizing 686CPT Inconel(TM) filler material for the replacement of the
customer's existing carbon steel pipeline. The pipeline, which is 14,000
feet in length, will require more than 600 welds. The project will last
approximately four months. This is CES' largest customer order to date.
David Riley of CES Marketing and Sales said, "To extend the useful life
of its pipelines, CalEnergy elected to replace its piping with 2507 Super
Duplex Stainless Steel, which is a difficult material to weld under
stringent criteria. CES was chosen because of the company's consistent
results and ability to meet schedule."
CES has extensive large-scale project experience within the power
sectors across the United States. This is the first major installation of
2507 Super Duplex Stainless Steel using orbital welding equipment. CES
successfully met the very stringent weld properties established by
CalEnergy for this project by repetitively producing 100-percent flawless
X-ray welds.
Carolina Energy Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Westinghouse's WEC
Welding and Machining, is a leading supplier of welding and machining
services to the nuclear, fossil and hydropower generation, waste-to-energy,
petro-chemical, gas and general fabrication industries. The company is
headquartered in Rock Hill, S.C.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a Toshiba Group company, is the world's
pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant
products and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Today,
Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the
world's operating nuclear plants. Westinghouse acquired CES in late 2007.
*Inconel is a registered trademark of Special Metals Corporation.
SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company
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Vaughn Gilbert of Westinghouse Electric
Company, +1-412-374-3896, gilberhv@Westinghouse.com
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