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O'Neal Industries (ONI) is a family of closely related companies, all engaged in the metals industry. It provides products and services that range from steel beams and plates to specialty alloys and complex manufactured components and tubing, ONI supplies customers across a variety of industries worldwide.
Several privately held companies headquartered in Birmingham have annual revenues exceeding one billion dollars. These include American Cast Iron Pipe Company , Brasfield & Gorrie , BE&K , Drummond Company , EBSCO Industries , Harbert Management Corporation , McWane , and O'Neal Steel .
Galvanized surface. Sendzimir process (named after Tadeusz Sendzimir) is used to galvanize a steel strip by using a small amount of aluminum in the zinc bath and producing a coating with essentially no iron-zinc alloy. The process guarantees high resistance and durability characteristics.
This is the most common use for galvanized metal; hundreds of thousands of tons of steel products are galvanized annually worldwide. In developed countries, most larger cities have several galvanizing factories, and many items of steel manufacture are galvanized for protection.
Calvert is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama, United States. [1] [4] It is located in the extreme northeast corner of Mobile County and southeast corner of Washington County near the Tombigbee River, along U.S. Route 43.
ACIPCO has divisions for Steel Pipe, Ductlie Iron Pipe (both based in Birmingham), Flow Control (valve- and hydrant-producing facilities in Beaumont, Texas, and South St. Paul, Minnesota), Spiral-Weld Pipe (in Columbia, South Carolina; Flint, Michigan; and Paris, Texas), and Castings (in Pryor, Oklahoma).
Galvanized fumes are released when the galvanized metal reaches a certain temperature. This temperature varies by the galvanization process used. In long-term, continuous exposure, the recommended maximum temperature for hot-dip galvanized steel is 200 °C (392 °F), according to the American Galvanizers Association.
They selected Birmingham as the site for a new pipe plant and in 1906 constructed a pipe foundry, powerhouse and machine shop and "Quarters" for about 40 black families. Guided by John J. Eagan, principal stockholder and first president, the company began providing amenities for its workers living in Acipcoville.