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Specials Steels and Superalloys for Nuclear Industry Specials Steels and Superalloys for Nuclear Industry Enhancing your performance or almost 60 years Aubert & Duval has been a key partner for the development Aubert & Duval: Your partner F of forged and rolled products, especially those customized for the nuclear market. to energize your success With full vertical integration from melting, to remelting, hot converting and machining (rough machining through to near-net-shape parts), Aubert & Duval offers wide-ranging cutting edge capabilities for nuclear application. Equipment Process flow . MELTING Melting furnaces (EAF, AOD, LF) Melting up to 60 tons Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) HPS NiSA up to 20 tons Remelting furnaces (ESR, VAR) up to 30 tons powder atomization (Gaz, VIM) . FORGING Open-die forging presses Remelting Powder atomization from 1,500 to 10,000 tons Closed-die forging presses from 4,500 to 65,000 tons . ROLLING MILL HPS 7-200 mm diameter bars High Performance Steels: Conversion . HEAT TREATMENT A range of alloyed steels with Solution and ageing furnaces tightly controlled characteristics HPS Ti NiSA AL PM Horizontal and vertical quenching offering optimum value for equipment customers. TESTING Forging Closed-die Hot Isostatic Immersion UT up to 13 tons and/or rolling Forging Forging Pressing (HIP) ©Valinox-Franck Dunouau (28,000 lbs) Automated contact UT up to 20 tons NiSA Aubert & Duval has also put in place over many decades dedicated skills to co-design re-engineered Nickel-base Superalloys: Nickel-based superalloys: materials metallurgical solutions with our clients. keeping high surface integrity while Sales of alloys and superalloys have progressively expanded across a broad spectrum of primary withstanding severe mechanical circuit contractors and their subcontractors. We are proud to accompany first class companies such stress in a high temperature and as FRAMATOME, VALINOX NUCLEAIRE and CEA and many other important customers and partners. corrosive environment. Heat treatment Aubert & Duval processes nickel-base alloys, high-performance steels, aluminum and titanium alloys. PM Machining Aubert & Duval melting capacities allow extra low cobalt achievement : Powder metallurgy: • nickel-base alloys (<150ppm ) Metal Powders (steels, superalloys, • high performance steels (<300ppm ) titanium) for additive manufacturing, Non-destructive testing HIP Net Shape parts. Ti Supplying for all generations of nuclear power Titanium: Pure or alloyed titanium, combining GEN 2* GEN 3 & 3+ GEN 4 mechanical properties and corrosion resistance with light weight. QUALITY CONTROL & ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL & Bars and sheets Forgings Finished Parts Powders BWR / PWR EPR / AP1000 ASTRID A l. CANDU CPR 1400 / ABWR CFR 600 Aluminum: PHENIX EPRNM / AAP1000 SUPERPHENIX ATMEA For specific applications combining resistance with light weight. Experimental Fusion reactors (JHR) reactors © Areva *GEN2 power plants implementation Safety valve body Pump Shaft AVB and life extension and SMR ITER WWW.AUBERTDUVAL.COM 2 # 3 ombining metallurgical expertise, outstanding industrial capabilities C and high manufacturing skill, Aubert & Duval is involved at each stage of primary circuit, Metallurgical solutions for i.e. nuclear reactor, steam generator, pressurizer, primary pump and connecting pipes. Whether working on homogenous structure of open-die forged massive parts, or wrought advanced materials with an ultra-low every application cobalt content, Aubert & Duval has the ambition of being a recognized manufacturer and supplier of safe, competitive nuclear solution to help its customers meet global energy challenges. Aubert & Duval spends nearly 5% of its added value every year on Research & Development to meet this target. Main materials Steam generator HPS HPS • Flow limiter AD grade Common name • Raw material for tubes Our expertise and operational performance NC40M1 AISI 4340 / RCC-M2312 • Partition Plate at the heart of the entire nuclear value chain MOC2 J2CrMo4 / RCC-M5110 • Anti-vibration bars 16MND5/18MND5 16MnNiMo5 / SA 508 Gr.3 • Nozzles and Manways High performance steels 20NCD14 20NiCrMo14 / SA 508 Gr.4 P355QH P355QH • Safe end Nozzles A350LF5 ASTM A350LF5 • Safe valve bodies Fuel Nuclear 819CW E35NiCrMo16 Assemblies X17U4 X5CrNiCuNb16.4 / NFEN 1.4532 Plant APX4 X5CrNiCu16.5.1 / NFEN 1.4418 X13BC X6Cr12 / AISI405 Mod X13D X20Cr13 / AISI420 AUBERT & DUVAL X13MA X12Cr13 /Aisi 410 X18NBZ X5CrNiNb18-10 / AISI 347 / NUCLEAR Nuclear RCC-MR-RM 3342 VALUE CHAIN Waste Enrichment SC2118 X2CrNiMoN 17-13-2 / AISI 316L / Retreatment RCC-MR-RM 3342 SC2109 X2CrNiN 18-10 / AISI 304L X18PA X5CrNiTi 18-10 / AISI 321 SC2273 Alloy A286 / ASTM A453 Gr 660 Dismantling X20T2 X23CrNiW21-12-3 X20T3 X15CrNiW22-12 RCC-MRx-RM332-6 Recycling 15.15Ti X10CrNiMoTi15-15 Orion 26 X1CrMo26-1 HPSNiSA AD grade Common name Superalloys NY600 Alloy 600 NY800 Alloy 800 NY690/SC8009W Alloy 690 Primary Pumps SY625 Alloy 625 PER20N Alloy X750 SC8009W Alloy 718 • Seal housing XSH Alloy L605 • Pump Shaft XSL Alloy HS 25 • Thermal barrier HPS • Disc for flywheel A I. • Motor Shaft AD grade Common name • Main Flange AL6061 Reactor vessel • Diffuser Flange Aluminum Alloys Aluminum HPSTi AD grade Common name • Adaptator flanges TiCp Ti ASTM Grade 2 • Raw material for adaptator sleeves TA6V Ti ASTM Grade 5 • Safe end nozzles Titanium Alloys Titanium Connectors • Latch housing for CRDM HPSPM • Bars for bolts, nuts and washers • Safety valve bodies AD grade Common name • Support blocks • Surge line tubes TY12-50 • Nuclear fuel assemblies • Severe accident valve bodies TY15-40 Powder metallurgy Powder NOREM02 All above HSP and SA grades can be proposed in powder ©AREVA metallurgical solution WWW.AUBERTDUVAL.COM 4 # 5 A complete offer of bars, ubert & Duval follows the most stringent requirements in terms of grade A composition, material integrity, dimension tolerances, quality documentation and plates and sheets for Nuclear quality control. Aubert & Duval operates to RCC-M, RCC-MR, RCC-MRx, as well as to ASME code and many customer certifications: Power generation applications ITER, HAF604, RCC-M140, Framatome, Technicatome, Westinghouse, Doosan H.I., Fives Nordon, Naval Group, BAE Systems, VELAN Main sizes Quality Assurance for Nuclear Safety mm inches Round Bars Ø 0.5-450 Ø 0.19-18 CUSTOMER INSPECTION NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITIES THIRD PARTY INSPECTION Flat & Square Bars T ≤ 450 T ≤ 18 Flat Sheets length ≤ 2000 ≤ 79 bars Square width ≤ 1000 ≤ 39 bars thickness 0.8 ≤ T ≤ 10 0.03 ≤ T ≤ 0.39 Round Plates length ≤ 6000 ≤ 236 Quality documentation Quality inspection width ≤ 4000 ≤ 157 bars thickness ≤ 150 ≤ 5.9 Sheets & plates Aubert & Duval issues quality Aubert & Duval Quality documentation according to the Department and the customer specifications and the applicable inspect process and quality Surface Billets Wire code documentation conditions rods Customer’s to begin the to continue production • Black • Ground production through witness points • Peeled • Others Holding point release, involving and holding points by if required, a third party customer and third parties if Heat-treated Applications required conditions Quality commitments Release for shipment • Annealed • Heat solution Partition Fuel • Hyperquenched treated plates assemblies Review of Contract Holding point release • Normalized • Heat treated Aubert & Duval Quality Dpt. gives Certificate of conformity • Aged for Purchase Order acknowledgement to deliver the product Offer according to customer’s specifications, any RFQ Anti-vibration Steam generator deviation validated by Aubert & Duval Quality Dpt. tubes bars Quality requirements analysis in the Request for Quotation package Main Processes Certifications and specifications In addition to general certifications (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001), our plant laboratories are ISO 17025 accredited by third parties. Melting / Remelting Rolling Forging WWW.AUBERTDUVAL.COM 6 # 7 EPR de Flamanville, © EDF Médiathèque / Alexis Morin www.aubertduval.com Design by - Aubert & Duval - 06-2018 The information and the data presented herein are typical or average values and are not a guarantee of maximum or minimum values. Applications specifically suggested for material described herein are made solely for the purpose of illustration to enable the reader to make his own evaluation and are not intended as warranties, either express or implied, of fitness for these or other purposes. Aubert & Duval ‘s liability shall not extend, under any circumstances, to the choice of the Product and its consequences. a member of.
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