Home News Overview Polished pipes for mega solar parkGerman tube supplier Butting is currently supplying polished receiver tubes for the world's largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project.The solar receiver tubes made of the material TP 321 all have fixed lengths of 4.06 meters and are produced with dimensions of 88.9 x 2.3 mm.The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest solar park in the world.The capacity of 1000 MW in 2020 will be increased to 5000 MW by 2030.To support this, ACWA Power is building its Noor Energy 1 project in Dubai.According to the company, this will be the largest CSP power plant in the world.This will have a capacity of 700 MW and is expected to save 2.4 million tons of CO2 emissions annually.Butting had to go through a strict qualification program to get hold of the order for part of this project.First, a test series had to be produced, which was carefully inspected and analysed.Ultimately, the customer was convinced of the production process and awarded the order for the delivery of the polished tubes to the family business.The solar receiver tubes made of the material TP 321 all have fixed lengths of 4.06 meters and are produced with dimensions of 88.9 x 2.3 mm.The tubes are produced from cold rolled strips according to DIN EN 10217-7/TC1 and customer specifications.The required roughness values ​​of Ra < 0.25 µm are achieved on two parallel grinding machines.Lea-Marie Schulz, Sales Manager Stainless steel welded pipes/Special pipes at Butting, explains: “Our customer's requirements are very high in terms of precise tolerances and grinding pattern.We achieve this with our production capabilities and close cooperation between all our departments.In order to guarantee quality, the tubes are also packed in separate, customer-specific packaging units immediately after grinding.”Stability is the foundation for performance-oriented Doosan BVM 5700Solving a shortage of welders: with cobot or robot?Robbery operator not suddenly with new 'friend'Margin pressure in metalworking due to rising energy and materials pricesEnergy transition offers machine tool construction great opportunitiesMetal company Baas in Almelo has been a reliable and customer-oriented…There is a lot going on at SafanDarley15 kW and 6g give Vergeest Metaaltechniek a productivity boostJansen Poedercoating keeps gas bills within limits with infrared ovenMIX Northeast will provide fresh windMachines for deburring, sanding, rounding, brushing and metal finishing.Our metal machines take care of the finishing…With our advanced machinery we can perform every conceivable operation for you, with the…Metal company Baas in Almelo has been a reliable and customer-oriented…Made-to-measure craftsmanship.GICOM is a versatile metalworking company with an extensive range of sheet metal…Deburr, round and finish!We develop, build and sell top machines for deburring, rounding…247TailorSteel is the leading 'smart' manufacturer of custom-cut metal sheets, tubes and edging…production more efficiently with smarter storage systems for sheet metal and long goods A few years ago we looked at…Click here to sign upMetaalNieuws, PlaatBewerkingsNieuws and MachiningNews are publications of 54U Media BVThe readers of MetaalNieuws are more than 17,000 entrepreneurs in the Dutch and Belgian metal processing industry, of which 12,000 belong to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).We, as 54U Media BV, care about and take the utmost care of your data.Our website, MetaalNieuws, uses functional, analytical, social media and advertising cookies to make your website visit as easy and personal as possible.In this way we can show relevant information and advertisements and you can easily share content via your social media channels.In addition, we collect primary data to be able to provide you with the information you have requested (printed edition subscriptions and digital newsletters).For more information, read our privacy and cookie statement.