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During his October 2023 visit to Poland, Robert Purgert, President of Energy Industries of Ohio, was presented with the prestigious "Honorary Gold Shield" from the Polish Foundry Society Technical Committee

During his October 2023 visit to Poland, Robert Purgert, President of Energy Industries of Ohio, was presented with the prestigious "Honorary Gold Shield" from the Polish Foundry Society Technical Committee for his long-standing association and joint efforts with the Polish Foundry Industry. Among the many activities and accomplishments over more than 25 years of collaboration with various Polish Foundry organizations, Institutes, companies, and Universities, was the production of the world's largest high temperature nickel super alloy H282 casting. That project successfully demonstrated that large (10 ton) castings were possible with the goal of use in power generation applications and was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Poland's AGH University of Science and Technology (Foundry Engineering).

Posted by Randy Martin Monday, October 30, 2023 6:25:00 PM

Manufacturing Technology Demonstrated for Producing large scale castings made from Haynes 282 nickel super alloy

World’s largest (10 ton) Haynes 282 high nickel super alloy casting produced at McConway and Torley (M&T) in Kurtztown, PA for the U.S. Advanced Ultra Supercritical Program (AUSC) managed by The Energy Industries of Ohio. Technical support provided by Metal Tek International Waukesha, WI and AGH University School of Foundry Engineering, Krakow, Poland. Simulation modelling was completed in December 2020 using two different software packages. Trial pours were completed, and a successful casting produced at the M&T facility in March 2021. This is a breakthrough manufacturing process for producing large turbine castings needed to demonstrate the readiness of the alloy for large castings such as the nozzle carrier undertaken in this project. The Haynes 282 alloy has been qualified for use in applications up to 760°C and 5,000 psi.

10-ton Steam Turbine casting after knock out

Casting Team at M&T Kurtztown, PA

Posted by Randy Martin Monday, May 17, 2021 9:08:00 PM

EIO president receives prestigious Award from EPRI

On September 20, 2022, Bob Purgert, president of EIO received the prestigious Exemplary Collaborator award from EPRI. This award recognizes those individuals who have provided support and direction for projects involving high levels of collaboration and cooperation. As "Principal Investigator" responsible for the U.S. DOE/Ohio Coal Office project, he provided the overall administrative support to include insuring adequate funding was obtained and accounted for from the funding sources. This 20-year project, under the technical direction of EPRI, was an instrumental success in developing new alloys for use in high temperature applications that were tested and achieved commercialization.

Posted by Randy Martin Sunday, May 16, 2021 6:01:00 PM