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Pressure Vessels Division

Thanks to more than 50 years of experience, ATB Riva Calzoni has become one of the leaders in the
design, fabrication and inspection of reactors and heavy wall pressure vessels utilized in Oil & Gas,
refinery and petrochemical plants operating in the most severe operation conditions of pressure and
temperature under hydrogen and corrosion attack.
In the early 70s , ATB Riva Calzoni has been the first company in Italy to be qualified by ASME as an
authorized holder of S, U and U2 stamps for manufacturing pressure vessels for the United States
market. In the same years, ATB supplied 12nr hydrocrackers reactors in Cr Mo material for the
EXXON Refinery in Baytown, Louisiana weighing more than 400 tons each .
Since 1960, ATB manufactured more than 1000 pressure vessels.
manufactured by ATB:

Supply of 2 hydrocracking reactors

and 1 separator 2011 [...]

Pressure vessels families

Reactors and Separators for hydro-processing applications

Ammonia shell converters and auxiliary vessels
Reactors for Urea production plant
CCR reactors
Coke drums

Site assembly of high pressure

separators and reactors 2011 [...]

High pressure separators and drums for gas treatment plants

LNG cryogenic vessels 9%Ni material
Columns (heavy weight)
FCCU reactors/ Regenerators
IGCC Gasifier vessels
LDPE/HDPE separators

Supply of 2 Hydrotreating Reactors

2010 [...]

Reactors and separators for petrochemical plants (Polyethylene /polypropylene, HDPE/LDPE)

FCC reactors and regenerators
Acrilonitrile reactors
Steam Drums

Due to the continuous improvement required by refineries and petrochemical plants productivity, the
thickness, diameter and weight of reactors vessels have increased drastically and reached the limits
of the current manufacturing technology.

Supply of Urea Reactor 2010 [...]

ATB policy is to focus on the most challenging jobs. Very powerful facilities and skilled workers made
it possible for ATB to specialize in the manufacturing of pressure vessels of exceptional
characteristics.
For reference, it has to be considered that up to now ATB has delivered equipment up to 358 mm
thickness and maximum weight in one single piece of 1400 tons. The main data can be summarized
as follow:
Thickness: HCK reactors of 358 mm
Weight: HDT reactor of 1400 tons
Length: C2C3 Splitter Column of 100 m

Supply of 3 Hydrocracker reactors

2008 [...]

1 | 2 |

Temperature: CCR Reactor capable to bear 650 C Columns capable to bear 196 C
Pressure: Vessel capable to bear 46 MPa
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All qualities of steel produced to ASTM, DIN, British standards and to all western European standards
are widely used by the company in the fabrication of pressure vessels, and namely: carbon steel,
carbon steel with HIC properties, carbon steel for Low Temperature applications, all the qualities of
low alloy steels (1/2Mo, 1Cr 1/2Mo up to 2 1/4Cr 1Mo including the last developments of the materials
with enhanced properties and Vanadium modified chemical composition), steels for cryogenic service
9% Ni, stainless steel.
In todays market ATB is worldwide well known as the leading manufacturer of heavy weight and high
thickness reactors for hydro-processing applications.
During more than forty years experience, ATB has been able to adapt their fabrication technology to
follow the customers reactors demand both in terms of increasing dimensions, thickness and weight
and of upgrading materials requirements
The evolution of thickness and weight involved in reactors manufactured by ATB since 1967 is shown
in the following diagrams.
In todays market, Hydrocracker Reactors standard manufacturing technology is from forged rings.
However a special attention shall be paid to ATBs capability to manufacture high thickness reactors
from both rolled plates and forged ring.
ATB is today operating one of the most powerful rolling machine which is enabling us to roll in
metallurgical cold conditions plates up to 260mm thickness. The above peculiarity provides to the
various engineering companies and end users an higher manufacturing flexibility that in todays
market is a great added value to the traditional manufacturing capabilities.
It has to be outlined that in the early sixties ATB was the first company welding 2 1/4Cr 1Mo material
and that in the last years, ATB also developed the welding engineering relevant to last generation of
Vanadium modified materials such as 3Cr 1Mo 1/4V and 2 1/4Cr 1Mo 1/4V.
ATB is now one of the few companies qualified in the world capable to work extensively this V modified
materials. For your information ATB, up today first of Q1- 2012, has already delivered 44nr reactors
made with this material while other 7nr are currently on order / under fabrications.
Site assembly
The combination of continuously increasing vessels size/weight with the location of refineries and
petrochemical plants makes today more difficult to transport heavy and large equipment to the
destination plant.
Therefore it is today a common situation to be requested to manufacture the reactors/vessels in
sections in shop for an assembly to be made at site
In consideration of the above need but without having a dedicated site works divisions, ATB is today
one of the company experienced in making such site assembly of pressure vessels.
To this purpose we point out our experience made in the 90s in supervising site assembly of several
Acrilonitrile Reactors in Chine for Tecnimont and of FCC Reactor/Regenerator unit in ExxonMobil
Sriracha, Thailand refinery.
The above experience has further improved in the recent years and in 2002 ATB made the site
assembly of a V modified material hydro-processing reactor at PEMEX. Tula refinery, Mexico,.
The challenge is today continuing as we are currently involved in two major projects that requires
reactors assembly at AGIP S.Nazzaro Refinery, Italy and Flying J Inc. Refinery Bakersfield Ca, Usa.
However the above business shall be considered only as an appendix to the reactors shop
fabrication and therefore all details conditions shall be carefully agreed so that maximum support shall
be provided at site by end users and engineering companies

For more information: sales@atbrivacalzoni.com

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HEADQUARTER:
25030 - RONCADELLE (BS) - ITALY, VIA INDUSTRIALE 13
TEL. +39 030 25811 - FAX +39 030 2581222
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