2009 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 281-286
In typical Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) equipment, argon is used for its pressure-medium. New demands have been emerging for HIPs which can use other high-pressure mediums, such as nitrogen and oxygen, as the materials being processed and their applications have been diversified. To meet such demands, Kobe Steel has developed new high-pressure equipments, including HIP for nitrogen atmosphere and HIP for oxygen containing atmosphere. In recent years, hydrogen is attracting attention as one of the promising clean energy sources without emission of carbon dioxide. However, there is a problem of insufficient amount of data for designing components exposed to high-pressure hydrogen. For this demand, we recently developed 100 MPa class high hydrogen pressure testing equipment based on our HIP equipment technology.
