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Shop Equipment & Capacity

What We Fabricate

Large shell & tube heat exchanger bundle rigged on chains at Axton's Delta shop

Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers

The workhorse of chemical process heat transfer. Suited for higher-pressure applications with one fluid through the tubes and another flowing over them.

TitaniumZirconiumHastelloyInconelDuplex SS300 Series SSNickel AlloysTantalumCopper Nickel
Pressure vessels under fabrication in Axton shop

Pressure Vessels

ASME Section VIII Div. 1 and 2 certified vessels. We build them in any alloy, for any process condition.

Carbon SteelChrome MolyNickel AlloysClad300 Series SSTitanium
Tower column erection

Towers & Columns

High-performance alloy and carbon steel towers for chemical processing, acid plants, and petrochemical applications.

TitaniumDuplex SSStainlessClad
CAPO reactor showing internals and tubesheet

Reactors

Custom reactor vessels for chemical processing, pulp & paper, and R&D. Built for continuous or batch processing to whatever spec the process requires.

HastelloyInconelDuplex SSZirconium
Large evaporator tube bundle

Evaporators

Evaporators in nickel alloys, duplex stainless, and titanium for pulp and paper, chemical processing, and food and beverage applications.

Nickel AlloysDuplex SSTitanium
Alloy air-cooled heat exchanger fabricated at Axton

Air-Cooled Exchangers

Fabricated alloy air-cooled heat exchangers for remote and process applications where cooling is liquid or gas.

Duplex SSNickel AlloysTitaniumStainless
Titanium tank at Axton Monel tank at Axton

Tanks & Vessels

Storage and process tanks in standard and exotic alloys. From simple storage to jacketed and agitated process tanks, we build them to whatever the application requires.

Carbon SteelSS 316LTitaniumClad
Process module skid outside Axton facility Lithium process module with instrumentation at Axton

Modules & Skids

Fully assembled process module skids fabricated and pre-commissioned at our Delta facility before delivery to site. Less installation time, less risk, fewer surprises.

Carbon SteelDuplex SSStainless
Titanium crystallizer vessel

Crystallizers

Custom crystallizer vessels for chemical processing, fertilizer production, and mineral refining. Built in corrosion-resistant alloys for aggressive process environments and high-purity applications.

TitaniumHastelloyDuplex SSZirconiumSS 316L
Sulfur guns fabricated at Axton laid out on the shop table

Sulfur Guns

Precision-fabricated sulfur guns for SRU and acid-plant applications. Built in corrosion-resistant alloys with tight tolerances, full NDE, and ASME documentation on every unit.

StainlessInconelHastelloy
SX piping spools fabricated at Axton and staged for shipment

SX Piping Spools

Solvent-extraction piping spools fabricated to spec for mining and hydrometallurgical clients. Sectional, shop-tested, and shipped ready for site installation.

Duplex SSStainlessFRP-lined CS
Pipe-in-pipe heat exchangers fabricated at Axton

Pipe-in-Pipe Exchangers

Compact pipe-in-pipe exchanger assemblies fabricated for corrosive and specialty process service. Built, fit-up checked, and shop-finished for quick installation.

StainlessDuplex SSCustom

Our Equipment at Work

A look inside our 72,000 sq ft Delta facility — the machines that turn plate, pipe, and exotic alloy into finished, ASME-stamped equipment.

Fermat WF13 CNC horizontal boring machine with a large tubesheet rigged in the workholding

Fermat 4.5-Axis HBM

Our largest horizontal boring mill — X-axis 248" — drilling a tubesheet for a shell & tube exchanger.

Doosan DBC 110 horizontal boring mill machining a large stainless vessel at Axton

Doosan 4.5-Axis HBM

Our Doosan DBC 110 horizontal boring mill setting up on a large stainless vessel. X=100", Y=78", Z=60" gives us the reach for full-diameter cuts in a single setup.

Century VBM CNC vertical boring mill machining heavy forgings

Century VBM CNC

CNC vertical boring mill for full-diameter turning and facing of heavy forgings in a single setup.

  • 89" swing
  • Height under rail (max) 72"
  • Z-axis 40"
Waterjet cutting head slicing tubesheet hole pattern in exotic alloy plate

Waterjet Cutting

High-pressure waterjet table cutting an exotic-alloy plate. Clean edge, no heat-affected zone — ideal for titanium, zirconium, and reactive metals.

  • Table 13'1" × 6'6" (4 m × 2 m), Z 12"
  • 50 HP intensifier pump — 94,000 psi
  • 5-axis cutting head, 3D shape capable
  • ±0.002" accuracy & repeatability
  • Gauge plate up to 6"+ thickness
AMI orbital welding head running a tube-to-tubesheet weld with handheld pendant control

Orbital Tube-to-Tubesheet Welding

Automated GTAW orbital welding head laying down a tube-to-tubesheet weld on an exchanger bundle.

20-ton Konecranes overhead cranes spanning the Axton fabrication bay with stainless vessels and tubesheets staged below

20-Ton Overhead Cranes

Multiple 20-ton Konecranes overhead cranes with 29-ft hook height. In the carbon steel shop, tandem lifts across all three cranes extend our combined lift capacity for heavy vessels.

Full In-House Machining

Our machinists work every metal we fabricate — from large components with complex geometries and tight tolerances down to small CNC prototypes — each part produced under rigorous quality control.

  • Fermat 4½-axis HFM — X=248", Y=118", Z=23.6", W=28.7" spindle extension, full rotary
  • Doosan 4½-axis HBM — X=100", Y=78", Z=60"
  • Puma slant-bed CNC lathe — 40.5" ø swing, 120" shaft length, live tooling
  • New Century VBL — 90" swing
  • 2, 3, 4 & 5-axis CNC machining plus manual machines