Abstract:
A pressure vessel with corrosion resistant lining and inexpensive overall is constructed in two steps. First, a thinwalled vessel is prepared from integrally clad plate by conventional means, the cladding thus being of controlled quality, thickness and well bonded to the backing metal. Then the thickness of the backing metal is built up to the desired dimension preferably by electroslag deposition in the continuous casting process. The electroslag layer bonds to the backing layer without penetrating to the inner layer, and thus preserves the corrosion resistance of the lining. Heavy tube sheets are prepared in similar manner by depositing additional backing metal behind a clad metal plate. We also have the possibility of using the side of the original clad sheet which is mild or low alloy wrought steel to make a mold or part of a mold against which the electroslag weld deposit is formed, such as by standing up the wrought clad sheets with the corrosion resisting layer outward and the wrought mild or low alloy steel layer facing inward to bond with the electroslag weld layer.