At our custom machining and fabrication facility in Saskatoon, Canada, we produce superior quality pressure vessels for the North American market.
Some highlights of our pressure vessel manufacturing capabilities include:
- Welding program In accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections VIII & IX
- GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, SAW, FCAW, PTAW and Narrow Gap Welding
>300 Welding Procedures
- Production Area: >200,000 sq ft (20,000 sq m)
- Crane Capacity: 110 tons (100 tonnes)
- Gas cutting: Up to 10” thickness (carbon steel); Plasma Cutting up to 2” thickness (stainless steel)
- Stress Relieving Capability: 5.7m (W)x12.9 (L)x5.3m (H); Max. Temperature 1400°F (720°C)
- Bending Roll Capacity: Max. thickness: 3” (76 mm); Max. width: 10'(2400 mm)
- Paint & Blast Facilities: 30mx8m each
- Materials: Stainless steel, Hastalloy metals (cladding), carbon and low alloy steels
- Internal procurement and design engineering
- Largest pressure vessel manufactured to date: 62.150 m (204') high , 5.2 m (17') diameter, 384.4 tonnes
- ISO 9001:2008 certified; ASME U, S, PP stamps; National Board R stamp
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At our custom machining and fabrication facility in Saskatoon, Canada, we produce superior quality heat exchangers for the North American market.
Manufacturing heat exchangers (high pressure boiler feedwater heaters) and hydrogen coolers since 2006
- Close relationship with parent company (Hitachi Ltd.) for technology transfer, manufacturing expertise, and training (Hitachi Ltd. has been supplying feedwater heaters to international markets since the 1950s)
State of the art equipment including:
-Horizontal Boring Mills (with gun drilling adaptor)
-Spindle Diameter: 5 1/8” (130 mm)
-Orbital TIG welding for tube to tube sheet welding
-Electroslag overlay (ESW) capabilities
-Hydraulic and rolling expansion equipment
-Fully automated submerged arc welding
-3” thick bending rolls
-Indoor paint and blast booths
- Quality Management system: ISO 9001:2008; ASME U, P, S stamps
At our custom machining and fabrication facility in Saskatoon, Canada, we produce superior quality wind towers for the North American market.
Some highlights of our wind tower manufacturing capabilities include:
-Ideally situated in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, near some of the strongest wind resources in North America
- Manufacturing wind towers since 2001
- Proven superior quality and on-time delivery for projects across North America
- >200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility plus large outdoor storage area
- State of the art equipment including: fully automated submerged arc welding, 3” thick bending rolls, Positive Material Inspection (PMI), and Indoor paint and blast booths
- Easy-Laser measurement system
- Climax CM6000 circular mill: Heavy duty precision machine capable of machining 2-3 flanges per shift
- Tower diameters from 10 to 14 feet (3.1 – 4.3 meters); surface flatness tolerance of .002 inches (0.051 mm); can also create a 60 rms micro finish, exceeding the current requirements of the wind power industry
At Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd. (HCI) we integrate skills, technology, imagination and innovation to meet our customers' needs and to reach a new level of value. At our custom machining and fabrication facility in Saskatoon, Canada, we manufacture welded large diameter pipe and penstock pipe for hydro projects.
- Manufacturing facility location in Saskatoon, close to North American hydro resources
Capabilities include:
- 100 tonne lifting capacity
- Thickness up to 3”
- Diameters up to 18’
- Lengths up to 90’
- Engineering and equipment to handle special requests including Elbows (bends) and other custom pieces
- Bevelled or bell and spigot pipe ends
- Ability to store up to 9000’ of large diameter pipe
- In-house non-destructive testing capability ( Ultrasonic Testing, Phased Array UT)
- Fully automated submerged arc welding
- 3” thick bending rolls
- Indoor paint and blast booths
HCI performs GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, SAW (with joint tracking and remote operation), FCAW, and offers unique welding capabilities, including PTAW (Plasma Transfer Arc Welding) and NGW (Narrow Gap Welding). Our materials engineers continually develop and improve welding procedures to efficiently weld any combination of carbon steels, low alloy steels, stainless steels, and hastalloy metals.
18’8”wide x 42’4”long x 17’4”high (5.7m x 12.9m x 5.3m); Max. Temp.: 1400F (720ºC)
ESAB Avenger P2 with CNC Plasma and Oxyfuel Bevelling Table size: 64’ L x 16’ W (19,507 mm x x4877 mm) Max. Cut Thickness (Plasma): 2.5” (63 mm) (carbon steel); 2” (50 mm) (stainless steel) Max. Cut Thickness (Oxyfuel Process): 10” (250 mm)
8’ and 10’wide (3048mm); Max. Thickness: 3” (51mm)
Blast facility: 30m x 8m (98’ x 26’) Metal grit recycling blast facility
Paint Facility: 30m x 8m (98’ x 26’) Liquid paint with airless spray gun
