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A frame round two big exchangers
An ocean thermal plant runs warm and cold seawater through tall heat exchangers. The steel carries them and their big pipes.
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The steel frames that carry the heat exchangers and seawater pipes of an ocean thermal energy plant: columns, floors, ring girders, pipe guides and access.
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An ocean thermal plant runs warm and cold seawater through tall heat exchangers. The steel carries them and their big pipes.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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Heavy H columns, beams at every level and braced side frames, cut and drilled on the beam lines.
Used here for: The frame
Used here for: The frame
Heavy profiles that need precise holes, where plasma cannot do the job: the lower structure and panel borders of a ground flare, and every bolted PEB and multi-storey frame.
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Rolled ring girders that carry each exchanger, and guides that hold the seawater pipes.
Used here for: Ring girders and guides
Tapered rafters and other non-uniform built-up sections, welded faster and with deeper penetration.
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Galvanised grating, handrails and a stair to every level.
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Frame, girders, floors and access.
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