History
- 1956
- Foundation between Armco Inc., Ohio (USA) and August Thyssen
Hütte AG, Duisburg (Germany)
- Product range in 1958
- Corrugation 152,4 mm x 50,8 mm
Corrugation 67,7 mm x 12,7 mm (notched nestable pipes)
Corrugation 67,7 mm x 12,7 mm (riveted pipes)
LinerPlate
Steel guardrails
- Beginning 60ies
- Using of Duplex system – plastic coating on hot-dip galvanized
surface
- 1960
- Dynamic long-term load test of a corrugated steel pipe arch attended
by Prof. Dr.-Ing. K. Klöppel, Technical University Darmstadt
- 1963
- Static load carrying test of a large-scale corrugated steel pipe arch
attended by Prof. Dr.-Ing. K.Klöppel and Dr.-Ing. D. Glock, Technical
University Darmstadt (Germany)
- 1966
- Implementing of a semi-automatized plastic-coating line
- 1970
- Publication of calculation method Klöppel/Glock
- 1972
- Development / implementing of corrugation 67,7 mm x 12,7 mm as
bolted system by the employees Dipl.-Ing. W. Pfäffle and Dipl.-Ing. H.
Wenzel
- 1979
- Development / Implementing of corrugation 200mm x 55mm
by the employee Dr.-Ing. D. Glock
- Beginning 80ies
- Armco Inc. becomes sole owner of the company in Dinslaken
- 1982
- ARS 01/82 – German Federal Ministery for Traffic
Conditions for the use of corrugated steel pipes / Dimensioning
instructions
- Mid 80ies
- Armco begins to withdraw from the European market and begins to
sell his European production plants
- 1985
- M. Hammes, employed at Armco since 1960 and general manager of
the plant in Dinslaken and the Armco Trading Company in Cologne,
gets the order from headquarters in Ohio to look for a buyer of the
plant in Dinslaken
- 1987
- M. Hammes takes over the company in Dinslaken (new company
name: Hamco Dinslaken Bausysteme GmbH) and a HelCor production
plant in the Netherlands
- 1987
- Development / implementing of corrugation 152,4 mm x 32 mm
by the employee Dipl.-Ing. D. Fiss
- 1993
- Sale of the Dutch HelCor production plant
- 1996
- Use of solvent-free plastic coating material after extensive testing
period
- 1997
- ARS 20/97 – German Federal Ministery for Traffic
Revision: Conditions for the use of corrugated steel pipes /
Dimensioning instructions
- 1998
- ARS 12/98 – Addition to ARS 20/97
- 1999
- Implementing of CAD Software including a plate-layout software
- 1999
- Development and seam strength tests of a special MultiPlate bolt
connection
Combination of high strength steel and special bolts
Testing at the Technical University Darmstadt (Germany)
- 2000
- Dr.-Ing. D. Glock finishes his career as general manager of Hamco
Dinslaken Bausysteme GmbH and retires
- 2002
- Development / implementing of corrugation 152,4 mm x 22 mm
by the employees Dipl.-Ing. C. Hammes and Dipl.-Ing. D. Fiss
- 2003
- Implementation of the Eurocode 1 (EC1)
- 2008 – 2011
- TParticipation in the BAST workshop for the elaboration of the
ZTV-ING ‘Corrugated Steel Pipes’
- 2010 – 2011
- Modification of Hamco MultiPlate 200 x 55 regarding higher steel
quality and more optimal gradation of the plate thickness
Testing at the Technical University Darmstadt (Germany)
- Product range in 2011
- Hamco MultiPlate 200 mm x 55 mm
Hamco MultiPlate152,4 mm x 22 mm
Hamco MultiPlate 67,7 mm x 12,7 mm
Hamco LinerPlate 2-Flansch
Hamco LinerPlate 4-Flansch
Steel guardrails and accessories
SC 380 mm x 140 mm
Finished pipes made of steel and plastic
Geosynthetics
Gabions
Shafts for silage saps
Cisterns
Achenbach metal hoods
Design radiator covers