Tenaris has R&D Centers strategically located around the globe and based at its manufacturing centers in Argentina, Mexico, Italy and Japan.
Campana
The Center is renowned for providing support for specific scientific and technological research in diverse areas and disciplines. Research is carried out using state-of-the-art methodologies and extensive use of modeling, such as finite element analysis (FEA) and full-scale product testing.
- Non-destructive inspection and tracking of tubular products
- String design and novel solutions for field applications
- Nanotechnology and corrosion phenomena
Veracruz
The Center was opened in 2006. Its full-scale testing laboratory possesses some of the most sophisticated equipment at world level for testing tubes and threads.
The researchers at the Veracruz Center have contributed to the development of specialized products for deep and ultra-deep water projects carried out both in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world.
The Center conducts research and testing in the following areas:
- High performance line pipe and OCTG products
- Welding metallurgy and technological innovation
- Full-scale combined loads testing of premium connections and fatigue testing of welded and threaded joints
- Structural reliability of line pipe and risers
- Development of specialized products for challenging deep and ultra-deep water projects
Kawasaki
This Center works in the field of high-alloy metallurgy and corrosion-resistant alloys. We analyze steel performance under extreme service conditions. Our research focuses on high-chrome pipe for the OCTG, line pipe and power generation businesses. The Center teams up with the other R&D centers to work in the areas of sour service, premium connections and rolling technology, among others.
The Center conducts research and testing in the following areas:
- Material science research
- Corrosion-resistant alloys, high temperature and sour service steels
Dalmine
The Tenaris R&D Center in Italy is the latest addition to our R&D network and was opened in 2008. The Center focuses on hot-rolling technology and power generation as well as industrial products. It is equipped with modern facilities for transformation analysis, physical rolling simulation and fatigue testing, and one of its principal activities is the modeling of hot-rolling processes. The Center also has the facilities to perform CREEP testing.
The Center conducts research and testing in the following areas:
- Hot-rolling processes: physical and numerical modeling, micro-structural evolution
- Metallurgy of carbon and micro-alloyed steels
- Products for power generation and industrial applications