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E.H. Wachs’ latest split-frame machine uses quick-change hardware and other features to speed the setup and changeover processes.
After high school graduation and a few years at a technical school, or maybe four years at a university, you’re done, right? Racking up 14 to 16 years in classrooms, full-time, should be more than enough for a career, shouldn’t it? How much education does the modern world really need from you?...
Youngstown, Ohio-based George A. Mitchell Co., a manufacturer of push-pointing equipment for the tube and rod drawing industry and cold forming machines for tubular part production, has named Paul F. Russo as president. Russo joined the company in 1984 as an R&D engineer. He was named vice...
Clark Fixture Technologies, Bowling Green, Ohio, a provider of full-contour, hard fixturing for ensuring the accuracy of a bent tube, wire, or formed hose, has moved to a new facility in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, a few miles from its original location. Along with the relocation, the company is...
Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), Lake Zurich, Ill., has named the winners of its 2018 Steel Water Pipe Product Awards. Member companies in three product categories were recognized: Best Steel Water Pipe Fabrication - Mid America Pipe Fabricating & Supply LLC,...
BLM Group USA, Novi, Mich., a manufacturer of tube and flat sheet processing systems, has announced it is a Diamond Level sponsor of the 2019 Penn State Racing Formula SAE® team. This is the second year the company has sponsored Penn State as part of the SAE International Collegiate Design Series...
Plasma machine provides automated beveling capabilities for fabricator of natural gas cylinders and dehydrators.
TCI Cutting offers the Smarttube Fiber laser tube cutting machine for processing tubes with diameters from 20 to 220 mm and square tubes and profiles. The 5-axis cutting head makes the machine suitable for both open and closed profiles cutting. The machine can perform all types of cuts, regardless...
BLM Group USA has announced the availability of its all-electric DH4010VGP wire bending machine. It features twin turrets and twin heads for complex wire bending jobs. It is suitable for medium to long part lengths with multiple bends, symmetric parts, and parts that close back onto themselves. The...
U.K.-based Tube Tech Intl., a fouling removal and inspection provider for refineries and petrochemical plants in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and the U.S., is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The company was founded by CEO Mike Watson when he invented a self-sufficient machine to...
TRUMPF’s new TruLaser Tube 7000 fiber combines the high speeds of a solid-state laser with a variety of processing capabilities. It can cut tubes and profiles with diameters of up to 10 in. and materials as thick as 0.39 in. It also executes bevel cuts up to 45 degrees. The machine has a 4-kW...
Unison Ltd. has developed a fully automated bending cell capable of bending six tubes simultaneously with diameters from ½ to 2 in. and bend angles from 11.5 to 90 degrees. The cell also labels the tubes and packs them into boxes at a rate of 980 tubes per hour. It comprises a bending machine,...
Wafios has identified the lack of a simple robot programming system as one of the key factors holding back the progress of robotic bending systems. The company has worked to incorporate robot programming in a bending machine’s control. The result is a system that which allows programming the bent...
Scotchman Industries has introduced a new autoloading circular cold saw. The CPO 350 Auto Loader is a fully automatic sawing system designed to help save time, reduce scrap, and eliminate mistakes, the company reports. Comprising a semiautomatic CPO 350 PKPD saw and an autoloading system, the...
CPI Aerostructures Inc., a manufacturer of structural assemblies for aircraft, has acquired Welding Metallurgy Inc. (WMI) from Air Industries Group Inc. The company expects to complete the integration of WMI’s operations into its Edgewood, N.Y., headquarters by the end of Q1 2019. WMI provides...
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The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.