Design Engineering: 2D and 3D CAD design, drafting and modeling, BIM integration.

Machining: Various CNC mill & lathe centers with live tooling, tool room, and proprietary CNC manifold fabrication machines.

Bending: Rotary draw bending, CNC multi-axis bending.

Tee Pulling: Hydraulic piston ball-style pulls, and collar forming.

Cutting:  Electro Chemical Grinding (ECG), laser cutting. Automatic vertical-column cold saw.

Welding: Weld lathes, computer-controlled enclosed orbital automatic welding, manual TIG (GTAW) welding, and proprietary ValWeld™ ID welding, close-proximity-orbital welding (CPOW). ASME Section IX compliance capability.

Mechanical Polishing: Manual and automated, high-speed, rotary grinders. Automated abrasive-flow machines.

Electropolishing: Wide capability for processing a large range of tube, pipe, fittings, and other stainless-steel components.

Passivation: Multiple tanks holding nitric acid in concentration up to 50%.

Cleaning: Recirculating detergent baths, solvent degreasers, 18 Megohm-cm heated deionized (DI) water, multistage heated ultrasonic cleaning.

UHP Gas Quality: Cryogenic Nitrogen (ambient and heated), 99.999% pure, and filtered to 0.01 μm at point of use. Cryogentic Argon 99.999% pure filtered at point-of-use.

Cleanrooms: ISO Class 4, Class 5, and Class 6 per ISO 14644.

Packaging: Vinyl or polypropylene caps over polyamide film. Single or double heat-sealed polyethylene bags. Crates, foam in-place insulation capability.

Testing: Helium-leak testing. Dye penetrant testing. Hydrostatic pressure testing. Particle, moisture, and oxygen testing. Surface roughness (Ra) per ASME B46.1. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) per SEMI F73. Profile-measuring (3D scanning) laser microscope. Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) per SEMI F72, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF/PMI). Flow capacity testing per ANSI/ISA S75.02.

Traceability: Pin stamp, work-order signoff at every workstation, inspection certificate type 3.1.B per EN 10204, bar coding. Laser marking.

Inspection: QC personnel with extensive experience scrutinizing the surface of high-purity stainless steel, and components for the UHP industry. Borescope capability. 3D-coordinate dimensional measurement & 3D laser scan tools. Automated optical comparator (profile projector).

Quality is engrained in our culture.  That's why all of our products conform to the same global Valex specifications - using the same proven processes, equipment, and continuous improvement strategies at each of our manufacturing facilities. We've put our money where our mouth is, by using independent 3rd party audit organizations to review and monitor the strict quality management systems that we've put in place.

  ISO 9001 – USA
  ISO 9001 – China
  ISO 9001 – Korea
  ISO 14001 – Korea
  ISO 45001 – Korea
  ASME BPE – Korea

Valex operates as a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS). 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, is the largest metals service center in North America. Through a network of more than 300 locations in 39 states and twelve countries outside of the United States, the Company provides value-added metals processing services and distributes a full line of over 100,000 metal products to more than 125,000 customers in a broad range of industries.

To learn more please visit www.rsac.com