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Experts in high pressure vessel manufacture

Our US partner Autoclave Engineers have yet again proven themselves to be leading the world in the design and manufacture of high pressure equipment.

Terms such as "experts", "leading the world" and even "high pressure" are often used in marketing speak without really much substance, so let me back up my statement with a couple of bits of information:

• Autoclave Engineers have been in this business of designing and manufacturing high pressure vessels, stirred reactors, VFT and other pieces of equipment since the 1940s and have never had a failure!  They have been certified to the highest levels of the PED (pressure equipment directive - law in the EU for the supply of pressure vessels), ASME and other pressure equipment legislation.
• A good example which illustrates their high levels of competence perfectly is one of their latest vessels.  This was to meet a requirement for a company supplying components for oilfields - they needed to test the components at high pressures and raised temperatures to check their performance before they were used in the field where those conditions would be experienced.   The vessel supplied was required to be operated at 40,000 PSI and 260degC, and due to the size of the components to be tested the vessel had to be 45 feet long and 15" ID - so a large high pressure system indeed.  The below pictures show the vessel being moved by crane lift and also the pressure gauges during the testing cycles (yes that's 60,000PSI they're being tested at!! Really shows the safety margins factored in).

So when it comes to high pressure vessels - Autoclave Engineers really are experts and leading the world.  If you'd like any further information please don't hesitate to contact us (Merrow Scientific are the UK partner for Autoclave Engineers' vessels and reactors) or look at our pressure vessel page.