Plant of Brioude

This 3rd plant is located in Haute Loire department, in « Auvergne », between the cities of CLERMONT FERRAND (63) and LE PUY EN VELAY (43).

This plant is called SECI DISTILLATION SAS; it was the former boiler-making: BARBET and SPEICHIM. This company was founded in 1904.

The production workshops cover a land area of 3 560 m², on a land of 12 500 m². The staff of the society is of 20 persons.

This company is very specialized in the construction of valves or bubble trays for distillation columns and constructs boiler making equipment (distillation columns, exchangers, reactors, water heaters, condensers, chillers, pot stills, etc…), made of stainless steel and special stainless steel (INCONEL, TITANIUM, URANUS, HASTELLOY, etc …) and made of copper.

Means of Production

2 double girder traveling cranes, trade mark: ABUS, range of 18 m 30, unit capacity of 20 tons, height under hook: 9 m

1 double girder traveling crane, trade mark: ABUS, range of 18 m 30, capacity of 10 tons, height under hook: 7 m 50

1 double girder traveling crane, trade mark: ABUS, range of 18 m 30, capacity of 6,3 tons, height under hook: 9 m

1 single girder traveling crane, trade mark: ABUS, range of 18 m 30, capacity of 6,3 tons, height under hook 7 m 5

1 automatic column and boom welding trade mark: ABUS, capacity of 5 tons, range of 4 m, to supply the « COSMO » stamping press of 250 tons,

1 hydraulic rolling machine, trade mark: HAUESLER, 4 rolls, capacity of 3000 X 12

1 hydraulic guillotine shear, trade mark: PERROT, capacity of 4000 X 15

1 hydraulic folding press, trade mark: AXIAL, capacity of 300 tons for 4 m + dies and specials tools for the trays of distillation columns.

1 automatic column and boom welding manipulator, trade mark: HOBART, power of 1000 amperes for vessel : maximum Ø : 5500

1 automatic vertical column and boom TIG welding manipulator, trade mark: LINCOLN, power of 400 amperes, welding height: 2 m 50

1 plasma cutting bench and oxy-acetylene, trade mark: SAF, capacity of the table : width: 3000, length: 8000

1 vertical lathe, trade mark: BERTHIEZ, with mobile tray, maximum capacity: Ø 4200 mm, height capacity: 2 m, weight capacity: 25 tons

1 hydraulic drilling and boring machine with double riel, trade mark: KOLB, with numerical control, for tube plates and separators, maximum capacity: Ø 2000.

1 boring machine, trade mark: UNION, type BFT 125, with spindle: Ø 80 mm, move of the table of 1500 X 3000 + supplementary tray: Ø 3000

1 set of conventional centre lathes and conventional milling machine

1 stamping and cutting press, trade mark: COSMO, capacity of 250 tons

1 stamping and cutting press, trade mark: DE PRE SALE, capacity of 80 tons

1 stamping and cutting press, trade mark: WEINGARTEN, capacity of 100 tons

1 stamping press, trade mark: BEUTLER, capacity of 40 tons.

2 spot welding machines, trade mark: LANGUEPIN, power: 250 and 400 amperes

15 welders (welding station), trade mark: SAF and ESAB, 400 and 500 amperes + cooling + torches

3 pulsated MIG welding machines, trade mark: SAF and ESAB, 500 amperes

1 set of complementary and various machines for the production workshop.

1 pickling workshop (under construction).