A finished pressure vessel resting on two steel supports in a dim fabrication bay.

ASME pressure vessels up to 4.8 m diameter, built in Milton.

Plate rolling to 75 mm, 80 t lift, U and U2 stamps. Budget price in 2 working days.

Largest diameter
4.8 m
(15 ft 9 in)
Plate rolled cold
75 mm
(3 in)
Tandem lift
80 t
(88 US tons)

Milton

Monday to Friday, 6 am to 11 pm (two shifts)

Demo figures, updated weekly on a live site.

Open capacity, next four weeks
Bay W1W2W3W4
Bay 1, heavy (80 t) 20%35%55%70%
Bay 2, medium (20 t) 40%45%60%65%
Bay 3, stainless (10 t) 10%25%40%55%
Bay 1, heavy (80 t), Open capacity, next four weeks
W1W2W3W4
20%35%55%70%
Bay 2, medium (20 t), Open capacity, next four weeks
W1W2W3W4
40%45%60%65%
Bay 3, stainless (10 t), Open capacity, next four weeks
W1W2W3W4
10%25%40%55%

Can we build and ship it?

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Units

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Yes, with review

We can build this. An estimator will confirm one point.

Governing limit

Post-weld heat treatment

Needs post-weld heat treatment. We arrange it through our furnace partner.

Estimated weight, including 15% for heads and nozzles

45 t

CheckThis vesselShop limitResult
Diameter3,000 mm4,800 mmFits
Length9,000 mm24,000 mmFits
Lift capacity45 t80 tFits
Rolling capacity at this diameter60 mm (2.4 in)75 mm (3 in)Fits
Post-weld heat treatment60 mm (2.4 in)Required above 38 mm (1.5 in)Review

Shipping

Oversize road load by permit

Needs a permit and likely escorts. We plan the route with the carrier.

Shipping routes are indicative. The carrier and permit office confirm the final route.

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What the shop does

Rolling, welding, testing and heat treatment under one roof, three bays, two shifts.

  • A thick steel plate part-way through a four-roll plate bending machine.

    Rolling and forming

    Cold rolling of heavy plate into shells and cones, plus cutting and bending.

    Four-roll plate roll
    75 mm (3 in) × 3,050 mm (10 ft) wide
    Smallest rolled diameter
    600 mm, at 25 mm plate
    Cone rolling
    Up to 38 mm (1.5 in)
    Press brake
    400 t, 4.3 m bed
    Cutting table
    3.7 × 12 m, plasma to 50 mm, oxy-fuel to 150 mm
  • A large steel shell on turning rolls under an idle column-and-boom welding station.

    Welding

    Procedures qualified to ASME Section IX and CSA W47.1, from carbon steel to duplex.

    Submerged arc
    Two column-and-boom stations, 5 × 5 m
    Turning rolls
    Rated to 100 t
    Processes
    SAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, SMAW
    Qualified procedures
    Over 40 WPSs on file
  • An idle horizontal boring mill with a steel weldment clamped on its table.

    Machining

    Flange faces, nozzle bores and weld preps machined in-house.

    Horizontal boring mill
    3 × 2 × 2.5 m travels
    Vertical turning lathe
    2.5 m swing
  • A horizontal pressure vessel on two saddles, connected to a hose and pump for a hydrostatic test.

    Testing and inspection

    Hydrostatic testing and surface NDE in-house; volumetric NDE by qualified partners.

    Hydrostatic test bay
    Vessels to 24 m long
    MT and PT
    In-house, certified technicians
    RT and UT
    Qualified third-party NDE
    Material verification
    Handheld PMI on alloy work
  • A steel shell with one weld seam wrapped in heating blankets for local post-weld heat treatment.

    Heat treatment

    Local PWHT in-house; furnace PWHT through a partner within 60 km.

    Local PWHT
    Electric resistance, recorded charts
    Furnace PWHT
    Partner furnace, 5 × 5 × 20 m
  • A tall fabrication bay with two overhead cranes above a steel cylinder on timber cribbing.

    Lifting and handling

    Three bays sized for heavy, medium and stainless work.

    Bay 1 cranes
    2 × 40 t, 80 t tandem, 9.1 m hook height
    Bay 2 and 3 cranes
    20 t and 10 t
    Main door
    7.3 m wide × 7.9 m high

Sectors

Four sectors, each with its own codes and shipping problems.

  • Nuclear and power

    Platework and pressure vessels for refurbishment and new-build programs, built to the codes the supply chain audits.

    • ASME Section VIII
    • CSA B51
    • CSA N299.2 (in progress)
  • Mining and minerals

    Tanks, chutes and vessels for mills, sized for road limits or shipped in segments.

    • ASME Section VIII
    • CSA W47.1
    • API 650 (tanks)
  • Chemical and process

    Code-stamped separators, drums and columns, hydrotested before they leave the shop.

    • ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 and 2
    • CSA B51
    • National Board R
  • Water and wastewater

    Stainless tanks, filters and pressure vessels for municipal and industrial treatment.

    • ASME Section VIII
    • CSA B51
    • NSF/ANSI 61 coatings (by others)

Recent work

Two horizontal pressure vessels in grey primer, side by side on steel saddles.

Two ASME VIII-1 separators for a Sarnia chemical plant

ItemDetail
Size2,400 mm OD × 11 m, about 28 t each
MaterialSA-516-70, 38 mm, impact tested
StampU stamp, CSA B51 registered, hydrotested
ShippingTwo permit loads by road

Fictional project, shown to illustrate the format.

Onboarding us as a supplier

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Hiring on both shifts

Five open roles, including two apprenticeships.

A wide, quiet fabrication shop interior between shifts, with welding curtains, tool carts and overhead cranes.

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An estimator reads every request. Budget price in 2 working days, firm quote in 5.

Drawings

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    What happens next

    1. An estimator reviews it within 1 working day.
    2. Budget price within 2 working days.
    3. Firm quote within 5 working days.

    Prefer to talk?

    905-555-0142

    quotes@drumlin.example

    Monday to Friday, 6 am to 11 pm (two shifts)