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PRESSURE VESSELS

HBOI has complete design, fabrication, quality control and testing facilities for the production of pressure vessels to meet the needs of the US military, oceanographic and commercial communities. We maintain here at our Fort Pierce facility the shop space, lathes, drills, presses, saws, grinders, hydraulic test stands, etc. necessary to support specialized and precision fabrication from steel, aluminum stainless steel, titanium, bronze, and all manner of plastics and composites.

The design department uses computer aided design/drafting tools and computer analysis software to produce pressure vessels designed to meet the specifications of our customers and the standards specified by regulator agencies such as the American Bureau of Shipping and the USCG. These pressure vessel designs often include optical view ports for camera and laser applications, hemispherical end caps, and depth ratings up to full ocean depths. These pressure vessels are designs in a wide variety of materials including:
  • Plastics
  • Steels including stainless steels
  • Aluminum
  • Titanium
Once a pressure vessel has been designed, the quality control facilities on the premises include several pressure testing chambers ranging in capacity to handle 24" x 60" pressure vessels to test depths of 10,000 ft. The quality control aspect includes cyclic depth testing, detailed inspection of the product, and complete documentation. Other services include x-ray weld inspection and the design and installation of electronics ranging from heading sensors to complete laser-imaging equipment.