| Industry | High pressure compressed gas storage cylinder manufacture |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969; 56 years ago (1969) inCividale Del Friuli, Italy |
| Founder | Renzo Toffolutti |
| Headquarters | Cividale Del Friuli[1] ,Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Steel and filament wound fibre composite high pressure gas cylinders |
| Website | www |
Faber Industrie S.p.A. also known asFaber Cylinders is an Italian manufacturer of alloy steel and compositehigh pressure storage cylinders and accumulators for compressed gas andunderwater diving industries. They supply equipment for fire-fighting, beverage industries,compressed natural gas storage and vehicles, and hydrogen storage and transportation for worldwide markets in over 50 countries.[2][3] Faber has a subsidiary: Tough Components SRL[1]
Address: Zona Industriale Cividale Del Friuli, 33043 Italy,[2]
Faber was established in 1969 byRenzo Toffolutti inCividale del Friuli, in north-east Italy. The factory has been operating since 1972 manufacturing steel cylinders from pressed steel plate. Between 1980 and 1990 the export market was expanded to 65% of production, and a new facility to produce cylinders fromseamless tube was set up to diversify the materials that can be used in production.[4]
From 1990 to 2000 Faber gainedISO 9001 cerification and bought a facility inCastelfranco Veneto fromSimmel Difesa, with equipment for manufacturing cylinders from hot pierced billets and a production line for hoop woundtype 2 gas cylinders was established in Cividale.[4]
Between 2000 and 2010 Faber installed two fully automated production lines for pressing from discs stamped fromsteel coil raw material, and a new line for type 3 fully wrapped composite cylinders in Cividale.During this period Faber also achievedISO 14001 and ISO/TS certifications.[4]
Growth of manufacturing capacity over the years has reached nearly one million cylinders per year. Since 2010 Faber has also gone into production of type 4 filament wound composite cylinders. Hydrogen gas storage, transport and filling station components are produced with working pressures up to 1100 bar, and Faber can manufacture and provide cylinders integrated into cylinder racks for vehicles, bundles, and multi-element containers for trailers.[4]
In 2022 an attempted purchase of 99.41% of the share capital of Faber Industrie byRosatom GasTech LLC, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear energy corporaationRosatom was blocked by Italian Prime MinisterMario Draghi.[5]
Faber’s quality management system is certified to ISO 9001, IATF16949, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.[4]
the range of cylinder capacities is from 1 litre to 700 litres water capacity, based on a moderate range of external diameters from 100 to 660mm, with length selected to produce the desired volume taking wall thickness and end geometry into account. Wall thickness is chosen to provide the required strength and corrosion margin required by the standard to which the batch is manufactured, and is a function of diameter, working pressure and test pressure. The cylinders are suitable for a wide range of applications with working pressures up to 1100 bar for industrial, medical and special gas applications. They are relatively light in weight compared to other cylinders of similar specification. Faber claims that this is due to characteristics of the production process.[6]
Faber manufactures steel cylinders by three methods and produces four types by composition:[6][7]
The seamless steel cylinders are produced by pressing from plate, closing the ends of tubes, or forging from pierced billets, as Faber has facilities for all three production methods.[4][7][3]
