The vacuum-explosion welded transition joint, called Triplate® is a high quality material for welding aluminium to steel. Shockwave, the producer and supplier of Triplate® is specialized in the manufacture of this “high-tech” transition joint.
Shockwave is approved as a manufacturer of Aluminium/Steel transition joints by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and Det Norske Veritas.
Triplate® is most often used as a transition joint in shipbuilding and offshore for welding an aluminium superstructure to a steel hull. In the offshore it’s quite common to weld aluminum living quarters to steel constructions by means of Triplate®.