NST Group

About us

▪ Founded in 1991

▪ Main products are welding consumables

▪ Additionally we offer welding expertise,

customer support and training

▪ Sales in over 26 countries

▪ Subsidiary companies in Scotland, Poland ,

Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Singapore

▪ Main customers are offshore companies and shipyards

▪ 50% market share in the North Sea welding market

 Our Main Supplier
NSSW

▪ Nippon Steel & Sumikin Welding Co., Ltd.

Owned by Nippon Steel Corporation 66.6%
and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd 33.4%

▪ 540 employees at 3 different factories

▪ Production capacity:
- 36000 MT seamless flux cored wire
Central Warehouse
Drammen - Norway
 Additional Warehouses

▪ Gothenburg, Sweden

▪ Newcastle, UK

▪ Gdansk, Poland

▪ Hillegom, Netherlands

▪ New Jersey Philadelphia

▪ Dubai, UAE

▪ Jurong, Singapore
 Our Product Range

▪ Seamless flux cored wire

▪ Flux cored wire for low alloyed steel

▪ Flux cored wire for high alloyed steel

▪ Full INOX programme

▪ Ceramic backing for single sided

welding

▪ MMA Electrodes
Our flux cored wire
Seamless Copper Plated Versus
Folded Type

Seamless Fold type

(Copper plated) (Non plated)
No Moisture Ingress Rust and Moisture
Ingress
 Vibration flux filling process

Flux filling Dehydrogenation Copper

Pipe Spooling
by vibration & annealing plating

Drawing Drawing

Intermediate size Product size

(1.2～2.0φ)
 Inline-Continuous-flux-Filling
Process (ICF)

Strip Roll Flux filling Seam welding

forming (ERW)
welding

Spooling Copper Dehydrogenation

plating & annealing
Product size Drawing Drawing
(1.2～2.0φ)
NSSW Flux Cored Wire Manufacture
 Our flux cored wire

Steel sheath
Flux
Copper plating

No Gap in outer layer Copper plated surface

Seamless Folded type

Moisture Absorption Can Be Prevented

12
Diffusible hydrogen content (mL/100g)

10
H2 H2
H2 O
O O
8 Folded

6
Steel sheath
4 Seamless NITTETSU SF-1A
Flux ERW along the fold edge
2
(No open gap)
NITTETSU SF-60
Ultra-Low Diffusible Hydrogen
0
0 No
5 Increse
10 15 HD 20
after25unpacking
30 35
Exposing time (Day)
 Reduced Risk of HICC
Seamless FCW

• Dehydrogenation Process
Ultra-Low
• No Moisture Absorption
Diffusible Hydrogen
• High Rust Prevention Properties

Low temp.cracking
Advantageous to
prevention of
low temperature
cracking
4mm

y-groove weld cracking test

 Less Tip Wear

Conditions Seamless FCW FCW on Market

Continuous welding
10min x 10 times
(accumulating total 100min

Wire ᴓ 1.2mm

Welding current 270 amps

Abrasion amount at top of

tip 0.13mm 0.40mm

Circumscribed circle of tip hole after welding Diameter of the tip hole before welding
 Targeting point is extremely stable

Seamless FCW FCW on the market 　

80 80
Fore and aft direction of torch

ΔＸ＝１６ｍｍ ΔX ＝３３ｍｍ
60 ΔＹ＝１４ｍｍ 60
ΔＹ＝３６ｍｍ

40 40
←トーチ前後方向→

←トーチ前後方向→
20 20

0 0
-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
-20 -20

-40 -40

-60 -60

-80 -80
←トーチ左右方向→ ←トーチ左右方向→

Right and left direction of torch

 Anti-low temp. cracking
property
Ultra-low
hydrogen Rust
process No moisture absorption prevention

excellent Less tip

targeting abrasion
performance
Some Flux & Metal Cored Wires

▪ Nittetsu SF-1A (Ar/CO2)

▪ Nittetsu SF-1E (100% CO2)
▪ Nittetsu SF-3A (Ar/CO2)
▪ Nittetsu SF-3AM (Ar/CO2)
▪ Nittetsu SF-3E (100% C02)
▪ Nittetsu SM-3A (Ar/C02)
▪ Nittetsu SM-47E (Ar/CO2)
Training
 Plate and Pipe

On Site Training Available

Metal Core Root Weld
Mechanised Training
Mechanisation
Field Expertise
Offshore Procedures
 Ceramic backing

▪ For single sided welding

▪ An extensive variety of types and designs for different applications
▪ Large stock holding
Ceramics – Single Sided Welding
Some of our references
▪ STX Yards, In Norway,
Romania, Finland, France
▪ Odense stålskibsverft, Denmark
▪ Bladt industries , Denmark
▪ Loksa shipyard, Estonia
▪ Aker Solutions, Norway
▪ Kleven Maritime, Norway
▪ Ulstein Group, Norway
▪ Reinertsen AS, Norway
▪ LeenGate Welding Group, UK
▪ BAE Systems, UK
▪ VT Group, UK
▪ Rosyth Royal Dockyard, UK
▪ Lamprell group, Dubai
▪ J.Ray McDermott, Dubai
▪ J.P. McDermott Indonesia, Batam
▪ Morska, Poland
▪ Energomontaz, Poland
▪ Grenland Offshore, Norway
▪ Schwartz-Hautmont, Spain
▪ INTEK Örnbränsle AB, Sweden
▪ Svetsmaskinservice AB, Sweden
▪ BUS Handelmaatschappij BV,
Netherlands
▪ Linde Group, Canada
▪ Current activities in 26 countries
 Type 45 Destroyer – 6 Built at
BAE Systems Glasgow

Nittetsu SF-1A, SF-3A, SF-3AM and SF-36EA

Used on this project
2 Aircraft Carriers being built in UK
6 Yards involved – All using Nittetsu Wires
Astute Class
SF-1A
Topside Lift McDermott Batam
SF-3AM
Specific Benefits:

• Less cracks due to low hydrogen content

• Less waste due to longer shelf life

• Increased duty cycle

• Improved overall effeciency

*Increased duty cycle related to:

• Fewer changes of contact tips and liners

• Smoother feeding, and no need for lubrication

• Reduced change over time can leave the spool on wire

feeder for next shift
*Improved efficiency related to:

• Increased duty cycle

• Less rework due to fewer defects

• Reduced waste due to discarded wire (Hydrogen ingress)

Access Batch Test Certificate Key
in your batch Number i.e.
2R191KP996
For full 3.1 Certificate
Full Product Catalogue
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