Stainless water heater

May 17th, 2010

This is a 24″ diameter 316L stainless steel hot water tank that just passed a hydro test. The white paint on the weld seams is developer for a dye penetrant test.

Bell Repair

May 7th, 2010

A diving bell repaired by Arc Controls and strapped to the deliverey truck.

Portable machining

March 26th, 2010

Using a portable facing machine to reclaim a 44″ tube sheet on an alloy 600 heat exchanger.

HRV repaired

March 2nd, 2010

A HRV being loaded onto a truck after extensive repairs were completed.

DNV Certification

February 26th, 2010

Det Norske Veritas Certifies 1st Manufacturer on Gulf Coast USA

Mobile, AL, February 5th 2010

Pictured here:
Stephen Veal, Cherie Dickson holding Certificate, and Richard King
In front of a Hyperbaric Rescue Chamber built by Arc Controls for
Global Diving & Salvage of Seattle, WA

DNV Certified Diving Bells and related equipment for Saturation Diving are now being manufactured on the US Gulf Coast. DNV presented Arc Controls, Inc. of Mobile, Alabama with Certificate No. T-1355 For the Manufacture of Class I & II Pressure Vessels in October of 2009.
Arc Controls has completed their first DNV Certified project and is now building a 3-man Bell for Saturation Diving to a depth of 1000 ft. Arc Controls, in business since 1975, has been manufacturing ASME ‘U’ Stamped Pressure Vessels since 1992 and repairing, refitting and manufacturing Saturation Diving Chambers, Deck Chambers and Rescue Chambers to ASME PVHO and ABS Classed since 1998 as well as LARS Systems, Trunks, Med Locks, Equipment
Locks, Fast Acting Mating Clamps. Emergency Umbilical Cutting Guillotines and related equipment.
Arc Controls is the first manufacturer on the US Gulf Coast to receive this approval and certification from DNV.

Crane

February 23rd, 2010

Our 60 ton crane preparing to lift a HRV that just came in for repair.

HRC baloon model

December 9th, 2009

Lee and Alan holding a baloon model of a HRC for an upcoming trade show.

Weight documentation

November 25th, 2009

Weighing a bell with our 50,000 lbs crane scale.

Aluminum agitator

November 19th, 2009

We also fab things from aluminum. This is a 5086 Aluminum agitator made with keyed sleeves that slide over a steel shaft. Once it’s welded out, the steel never contacts the product that it mixes.

Hydro test

November 6th, 2009

Two equipment locks and two med locks being hydro tested.