Dissimilar Metals

Read the press release announcing Dr. Edgar E. Vidal as NobelClad's Global Director of Business Development and Marketing.

A look at how MIL-J-24445 certified Detacouple™ structural transition joints became and remain the world's aluminum-steel standard of choice for naval architects.

The International Journal of Fatigue conducted a study comparing the shear fatigue strength of the explosion-welded junction to a traditional butt welded joint.

Enerfab has extensive experience designing and building to customers’ unique requirements. When clad metals are called for, Enerfab relies on NobelClad.

Explosion cladding of reactive and refractory metals offers cost reductions for corrosion-resistant chemical processing industry (CPI) equipment.

Learn about the functional benefits of using titanium-clad steel for PTA processing equipment.

Get to know our transition joint expert, David Gauthier, as he helps end users use clad for smelting and marine applications.

Read our press release on Olivier Sarrat's promotion.

DetaCouple™ structural transition joints allow naval architects and shipbuilders to maximize on the strength of Steel and the resistance of Aluminum.

Is explosion welding a reliable and economical option for producing clad induction bends? Read on for results.

This white paper demonstrates shear strength data for reducing concerns about directly welding on DetaClad™ explosion bonded products.

Based in Germany, read how Heike Zengler works with customers all over Eastern Europe in her role as Inside Sales.

In Mt. Braddock, PA, NobelClad offers a variety of services like water jet cutting, abrasive belt grinding, flattening, heat treating and more.

Reference NobelClad’s General Conditions of Sale for the United States.

In this study, mechanical and corrosion testing show how to manufacture clad bends in a reliable & economic way.

NobelClad's patented Detaclad manufacturing process delivers explosion welded plates and heads used in service around the globe.

Aluminium to copper transition joints are the most cost-efficient solution for joining copper to aluminium on cathode heads.

When corrosion properties cannot be achieved with other lower cost alloys for pressure vessels and heat exchangers, zirconium cladding is used.

NobelClad provides tailored clad-metal pipe solutions for high-pressure, high-temperature environments.

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To keep acetic acid operations running reliably and safely, today’s fabricators and engineers rely on one metal—zirconium.

Therco-Serck chose explosion welded titanium clad tube sheets for their debutanizer condensers as opposed to the cost prohibitive solid titanium.

Manufacture of clad pressure vessels requires elevated temperature forming of heads. Improper forming conditions can result in inappropriate corrosion and mechanical properties.

Electrical transition joints (ETJ) are used for welding aluminum to steel in reduction cells, this study reviews the electrical resistance of aluminum to steel ETJs vs time and temperature

Our European market has made significant investments to best serve the changing needs of our customers. Check out these recent investments.

A study was performed measuring ETJ bond strength as a function of time, temperature & design.

Sophisticated networks of crude oil furnaces, distillation towers, and heat exchangers cost revenue, however using clad plates is smart business.

Learn about the techniques available to manufacture clad material: explosion welding, roll bonding and weld overlay.

Read about how DetaClad is used in nuclear and alternative power generation equipment.

Learn how DetaClad titanium clad is used in chemical process equipment in highly corrosive environments.

YS Choi manages the Asian team and stays closely linked to all of NobelClad’s production facilities ensuring Asian projects are executed.

Curious how weld overlay melts one metal—the cladding layer—onto the surface of another metal of similar composition?

Study results show toughness properties of TMCP pipe material that underwent the explosion welding process for cladding with Alloy 825 and 625.

Learn how strategic alliances play a major role in how NobelClad manages a unique and global supply chain.

Read the Heat Exchanger World article about how explosion clad has become beneficial to heat exchangers.

Updates were made to reflect best practice of established manufacturers and users.

The Coradia Polyvalent regional trains were built with explosion welded transition joints – the only solution in industry for welding dissimilar metals.

With high risks of disbonding of the cladding interface, this study characterizing the DetaClad™ interface under extreme operating conditions.

To permanently join metals without fasteners, NobelClad’s structural transition joints enable welding aluminum to steel.

Learn how to execute a successful titanium clad equipment project with explosion cladding, a highly robust process.

Kuni Etuk navigates supply chain processes to improve our ability to deliver raw materials and manufactured applications, on time and on budget.

Many of today’s MMA production facilities incorporate zirconium clad as a critical material of construction to keep operations running reliably and safely.

Emergency and field service teams rely on quality tube sheets and short lead times for quick turnaround projects.

When it comes to hydrometallurgy, engineers have options, consider carbon steel and titanium clad lining in these process conditions.

Read about how NobelClad uses multi-metals to explore application opportunities for agriculture equipment.

This specification is for clad plate made from a steel base metal that has been metallurgically bonded to titanium, zirconium, tantalum or niobium.

Learn how NobelClad’s large plates reduce your costs by manufacturing seamless, one-piece heads making them more reliable.

NobelClad clad plates consistently demonstrates superior shear strength when compared alternative clad manufacturers.

Yassine Ikiou approaches Inside Sales Middle East in the best way he believes: with personal service, quick delivery and competitive prices.

NobelClad uses its explosion welding process to manufacture clad plates used for the production of longitude welded clad pipes and plates.

Learn how NobelClad re-imagines what is possible to safely solve material design challenges in energy, industrial and infrastructure markets.

A look at how TriClad structural transition joints became and remain the world's choice for naval superyachts

Read about how DetaClad, our proprietary explosion welding process, is used in geothermal processing equipment.

Reference NobelClad’s Terms and Conditions of Purchase for the United States.

Read how NobelClad utilizes tensile testing to provide quality multi-metal solutions from our proprietary explosion welding process, DetaClad™.

Hybrid butt joints between steel and aluminum can be an effective mean to fabricate hybrid car bodies. See the research behind this study.

These specification is for clad plate made from various metal combinations for explosion welded clad plate.

Johnson Controls clad water-cooled marine chillers are used on cruise ships all over the world. Read the full story here.

Merrem & la Porte Hitech Metals division is the supplier of TriClad, aluminium to steel transition joints in Europe, Africa and Asia.

NobelClad introduces DetaPipe™, a clad-metal pipe product designed for high-temperature and high-pressure processing environments.

Both atmospheric and vacuum conditions can produce either good, but also poor quality bonds: the critical component being to maintaining collision parameters within appropriate range in the cladding window.

Did you know, roll bonding passes two or more metals through a pair of flat rollers at high temperature to bond dissimilar metals?

With sales resources dedicated to clad worldwide learn how Cliff Wee supports oil & gas customers from Singapore.

Polymetal International chose explosion welded titanium clad vessels as a more economical, reliable solution for high temperature and high-pressure operating conditions.

Nickel-base HYBRID BC1 Alloy offers superior corrosion performance to established Ni-Mo and Ni-Cr-Mo alloys in several corrosive environments.

This paper reviews hydrogen induced disbonding compared to the three primary cladding techniques.

If the bond between the cladding metal and the base metal can be qualified, engineers can flexibly design internals to be welded directly to the clad.

Read the white paper on directly attaching internals in pressure vessels with Direct Attach.

Explore how transition joints are used in the train industry.

TriClad® aluminum-steel transition joints are used to provide an efficient and maintenance free welded connection in Europe, Africa and Asia.

CTJs provide a reliable, leak tight welding transition coupling between aluminum and stainless steel for LNG storage and transfer lines.

Read about the financial benefits of seamless hemispherical heads, made from large N 825 clad plates, for upstream and downstream drilling operations in harsh conditions.

Conrad Kascik found a cost effective solution NobelClad's furnace. Read the full case study.

Detacouple structural transition joints are composite inserts making it possible to join dissimilar metals by standard welding techniques.

For rail engineers, joining highly dissimilar metals such as aluminum to steel represents a challenge during assembly design.

Directly attaching internals lowers cost and shortens delivery time for fabricated clad equipment.

Explore NobelClad's latest product is a high-performance clad-metal pipe product.

Learn about the feasibility of producing a heavy wall bend undergone a full body quenching and tempering process stemming from a TMCP plate.

This paper reviews the corrosion resistance of explosion clad Ni-Cr-Mo alloys.

Cladder: Copper 110

Backer: Aluminum 1350

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Zirconium 702

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: 347 Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Zirconium 702

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Zirconium 700

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: P295GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 600

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: P295GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Copper 102

Backer: Aluminum 1050

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Aluminum 5754

Backer: S355 Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Transportation

Cladder: Aluminum 5083

Backer: SA516 55N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Marine

Cladder: Copper 110

Backer: Aluminum 1100

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Copper 110

Backer: Aluminum 1050

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 825

Backer: HY80 Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: 321 Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Copper 101

Backer: Aluminum 1050

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Aluminum 3003

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Zirconium 700

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 825

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Zirconium 702

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: P295GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Copper 715

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Industrial Refrigeration

Cladder: SA516 55N Carbon Steel

Backer: Copper 110

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 625

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Zirconium 700

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Nickel 200

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: 410S Ferritic Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Copper 102

Backer: Aluminum 1100

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Nickel 400

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Zirconium 702

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: 304L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 276

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Copper 464

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Industrial Refrigeration

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: P295GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: 347 Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: 316L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: 321 Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Aluminum 3003

Backer: 1008 Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Aluminum 1050

Backer: 1008 Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Copper 706

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Industrial Refrigeration

Cladder: Titanium Grade 12

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: 316L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: 317L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: 304L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 2

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 276

Backer: HY80 Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Copper 102

Backer: Aluminum 1350

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Copper 101

Backer: Aluminum 1350

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Cladder: Aluminum 5086

Backer: SA516 55N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Marine

Cladder: Titanium Grade 11

Backer: Nickel 200

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 1

Backer: 316L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: P295GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 600

Backer: HY80 Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Zirconium 700

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .625 in., 15.9 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: 317L Stainless Steel

Backer: SA516 60N Carbon Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 17

Backer: 304L Stainless Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Power Generation, Chemical & Petrochemical

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: SA516 70N Carbon Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Nickel Superalloy 625

Backer: HY80 Steel

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm.

Industries: Chemical & Petrochemical, Oil & Gas

Cladder: Titanium Grade 7

Backer: P355GH Steel

Thickness: .750 in., 19.1 mm.

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining, Chemical & Petrochemical, Industrial Refrigeration Oil & Gas

Cladder: Copper 101

Backer: Aluminum 1100

Thickness: 1 in., 25.4 mm

Industries: Metals Extraction & Refining

Tap into the strength of steel and the lightweight properties of aluminum alloys to increase truck and trailer performance and efficiency.

NobelClad’s electrical transition joints offer strong, low electrical resistance solutions aluminum and zinc smelting, when anode clad and cathode applications must operate at certain temperatures.

NobelClad’s structural transition joints permanently join metals without mechanical fasteners. Shipbuilders turn to us to connect superstructures and bulkheads to steel hulls, framing and deck components.

Our DetaClad™ plates and cylinders, available in 260 compatible and non-compatible metal combinations, are the basis of the world’s pressure vessels, towers, crystallizers and more.

Our clad tube sheets are made from corrosion-resistant alloys, making them ideal for applications ranging from refrigeration chillers on fishing boats to air conditioners for use in food and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Compared with bolted connection systems, CTJs offer an easier, more reliable way to connect stainless steel to aluminum in liquified gas storage tanks and transfer lines.

NobelClad provides tailored clad solutions for corrosion-resistant piping and elbows.

NobelClad delivers high-quality clad heads of all sizes for reactors, heat exchangers and process vessels. We adapt our head forming process to specific clad metal combinations.

Detacouple structural transition joints are the marine industry standard for permanent, aluminum-to-steel welds.