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Joseph Oat Corporation is a world renowned designer and fabricator of pressure vessels, reactors, columns, heat exchangers, and other specialty items for the chemical, petrochemical, nuclear power, and other commercial industries. Family owned and operated since 1788, the company has gained its reputation by providing high quality equipment in a great variety of alloys for some of the most demanding and critical applications.

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Facilities

Joseph Oat BuildingConveniently located on the Delaware River, which separates Philadelphia, PA. from Camden, New Jersey, JOC economically ships  equipment to all areas of the world.  Our heavy lift capabilities, modern fabricating and welding equipment, and expertise in fabricating large and challenging vessels makes JOC the fabricator of choice for buyers demanding excellent workmanship combined with competitive pricing.  Oat maintains over  120,000 sq. ft. (11, 150 sq. M) of shop space including 20,000 sq. ft. (1860 sq. M) of environmentally isolated clean room fabrication area for the construction of reactive metal equipment, including titanium, zirconium and tantalum.

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Engineering

8383 Vessel on Truck JOC has always been one of the true leaders in heat transfer technology.  We are not only users of internationally recognized software such as HTRI and BJAC, but we are contributors as well.  Our unique experience with the special problems facing process and power plant designers allows us to offer innovative and economic solutions to perplexing problems.  We perform thermal and mechanical rating of most heat exchangers we sell.  We perform vibration analysis, seismic and structural analysis, and fatigue analysis in-house.  We utilize programs such as ALGOR and IMAGES for sophisticated finite element analysis.  Our solutions are always real-world solutions; those that work in practice, not merely on paper.

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QA-QC

HI 03 welder in bowlQuality Assurance is a way of life at JOC.  Oat maintains certifications in ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1 and Div. 2, ASME Sec. III Class 1, 2 and 3, and ASME Sec. I and was one of the first companies to embrace the ISO 9001 standard.   Our inspectors each have between 15-30 years of experience in NDE and are industry recognized as being the best at what they do.  Oat never sacrifices quality for any reason.

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Oat is large enough to tackle the largest commercial projects with world class competence, yet small enough to provide the buyer with a true sense of old-fashioned service.  Our employees are the key to our strength.  We are not a company managed by a corporate conglomerate by remote control.  The owners of the business work side by side with all of our employees, working for the common goal of total customer satisfaction with our products.
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