Arc Controls Blog

Aluminum welding

Jeff Byrd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:34:18 +0000

Welding an Aluminum liner into a reactor vessel.

Trunk

Jeff Byrd — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:59:17 +0000

Freshly painted trunk used to connect two chambers, notice the ladder rungs inside.

Air manifold

Jeff Byrd — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:56:58 +0000

A stainless steel air manifold for marine application.

Stainless water heater

Jeff Byrd — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:06:57 +0000

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

Jeff Byrd — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:41:11 +0000

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

Portable machining

Jeff Byrd — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:04:01 +0000

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

HRV repaired

Jeff Byrd — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:36:29 +0000

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

DNV Certification

Jeff Byrd — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:54:40 +0000

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

Jeff Byrd — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:08:58 +0000

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

HRC baloon model

Jeff Byrd — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:53:36 +0000

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