| worldwide | netherlands PC Control 03 | 2017 Pillow plates are made from two stainless steel sheets, which are joined in a particular pattern through laser or spot welding and then expanded under high pressure to assume the shape of a pillow. With heating or cooling media flowing through them under pressure, they serve as heat exchangers in a wide range of industries, including the food industry, storage tank and equipment manufacturing, and processing systems for a wide range of bulk materials. The machines required for producing the different types of pillow plates are as varied as the applications they serve. Dutch company Keppels Laser Welding BV, based in Enschede, specializes in special-purpose machines for laser welding of pillow plates. Henk-Jan Keppels, mechanical

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