The clad plate, also known as clad steel plate, is a typical laminar metal composite made by bonding the special metal plate to a carbon steel or low alloy steel plate. Generally, the special metal plate is called cladding metal, which comprise less than the greatest percentage of total thickness. The carbon steel or low alloy steel plate is called base metal, which comprise the greatest percentage of total thickness. The clad plates are designed to improve corrosion/ heat resistance while retaining low cost, high strength, or light weight. The clad steel plates are widely used in power plant FGD system, oil & gas industry, chemical processing, seawater desalination, offshore & marine industry, aerospace industry, and construction decoration, etc.
Generally, the base metal of clad plates are usually carbon steels or low alloy steels, which may be made in accordance with ASTM A516 (ASME SA-516), ASTM A285 (ASME SA-285), ASTM A387 (ASME SA-387), ASTM A36, ASTM A283, etc. The cladding metal may be selected from a variety of special metals based on different classifications:
Generally, the clad plates can be manufactured by roll bonding(hot or cold), explosion bonding, explosion-roll bonding, coextrusion, brazing, or weld overlay method. Appropriate heat treatment before or after bonding shall be designed and agreed upon between the purchaser and the manufacturer, depending on the specific cladding metal, base metal, and bonding method.
The base metal and cladding metal plates shall conform to its chemical and tensile requirements respectively in accordance with relative standard specifications. Especially, shear strength shall be tested for base metal, cladding metal, and clad plate respectively to ensure sufficient bond strength.
The cladding metal shall be integrally and continuously bonded to the base metal. To ensure the bonding integrity, the bonding area or interface shall be ultrasonically tested completely. In our quality control system, 100% bonding rate is required. The ultrasonic examination shall be performed in accordance with ASTM A578/ A578M.
There are many prominent manufacturers of clad steel plate world wide, which are listed hereby: JFE, NSSC, Dupont, Asahi Kasei, Kobe Steel, Sumitomo, TISCO, BaoSteel, Hebei Metals Industrial Limited(HB-Metals). The clad steel plates provided by our company have excellent bonding quality and reliable performance. Comprehensive technical support, premium quality, fast delivery, as well as perfect after-sales service are the core competence of our company.
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