Plymouth Tube First to Attain Dual NADCAP Accreditation
01/08/2010 - Plymouth Tube Co.’s Salisbury Mill attains NADCAP accreditation for both heat treating and material testing laboratories. The mill is the first North American tubing manufacturer to earn the dual accreditation from NADCAP for seamless stainless aerospace tubing.
Plymouth Tube Co.’s Salisbury Mill has attained NADCAP accreditation for both heat treating and material testing laboratories. The company says the mill is the first North American tubing manufacturer to earn the dual accreditation from NADCAP for seamless stainless aerospace tubing.
The audits at Plymouth Tube - Salisbury were performed by PRI (Performance Review Institute). The Salisbury mill is also certified under ISO9001:2008 and AS9100 surveillance (International Aerospace Quality Management Systems). To meet these standards, process controls and testing procedures are used to insure proper heat treatment of materials, eliminating the chance of inner granular corrosion.
Plymouth notes that customers benefit from these process controls because the tubing demonstrates uniform, repeatable mechanical properties, resulting in improved downstream fabricating processes.
“We have been providing high-quality tubing to the aerospace industry since the 1920s. Earning Nadcap accreditation for both heat treating and material lab testing reinforces our long-term commitment to being a leading supplier of tubing and special shapes to the global aerospace industry,” said Steve Bohnenkamp, VP Sales & Marketing at Plymouth Tube.
Headquartered in suburban Chicago with 11 manufacturing plants across the U.S., Plymouth Tube Co. supplies the aerospace, transportation, energy, and industrial markets. Steel, nickel, and titanium extruded and cold drawn shapes are produced by Plymouth Engineered Shapes. Plymouth Tube Co. Chicago Processing offers coil slitting as well as a wide variety of specialty edging options.
