Patents Assigned to TITAN Metal Fabricators
  • Heat exchanger for heating hydrochloric acid pickling solution, a system and method for pickling, and a method of manufacturing steel products
    Patent number: 9470462
    Abstract: A component for a steel pickling apparatus is formed from an alloy that predominately comprises niobium and tantalum. The component may be a heat exchanger component, such as a tube or tubesheet liner, formed from the alloy that predominately comprises niobium and tantalum. Also, disclosed is a heat exchanger including the component, a system and method for pickling using the heat exchanger, and a method of manufacturing a steel product including the method of pickling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Titan Metal Fabricators
    Inventors: Thomas F. Ukolowicz, Steven F. Muscarella
  • Component for a Steel Pickling Apparatus, a Heat Exchanger for Heating Hydrochloric Acid Pickling Solution, a System and Method for Pickling, and a Method of Manufacturing Steel Products
    Publication number: 20140165686
    Abstract: A component for a steel pickling apparatus is formed from an alloy that predominately comprises niobium and tantalum. The component may be a heat exchanger component, such as a tube or tubesheet liner, formed from the alloy that predominately comprises niobium and tantalum. Also, disclosed is a heat exchanger including the component, a system and method for pickling using the heat exchanger, and a method of manufacturing a steel product including the method of pickling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: TITAN Metal Fabricators
    Inventors: Thomas F. Ukolowicz, Steven F. Muscarella