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Together with our affiliate in Austria we round off our competencies in the PGM world.
A broad portfolio of enabling technologies
Umicore's impressive portfolio of enabling techniques makes us the preferred partner for the realisation of complex designs. Besides special welding technologies like diffusion, machine, hand and laser welding, we operate melting, rolling, spinning, drawing and cutting technologies like laser and water jet cutting. Two highlights are stated below.
> Connecting manifold tubes using unrolled sheet technique
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Increased shape stability
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Lower deformation
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Reduced stress
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Round connecting edge
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Machine welding possible
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Material savings of ~ 3%
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No sharp edges
> Hydraulic forming
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Designed to compensate the total thermal expansion
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Different wave shapes can be fabricated
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Increased shape stability
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Bigger surface area
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Very low difference in wall thickness
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High concentricity of the tube
Our technology portfolio is rounded off by our strong R&D capabilities (e.g. materials research, process development) and our strong portfolio of patents (e.g. heated orifice ring, non-round shaped refining chambers).