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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...
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is about tube and pipe fabrication. This technology area on thefabricator.com covers sawing and other cutting processes. It also discusses forming processes, including bending and end forming. Finally, it includes a handful of miscellaneous processes, such as trimming, beveling, finning, grooving, threading, and spinning.
Employee retention, continuous improvement, cost reductions, and filling technology needs are among the biggest challenges manufacturers will face in 2019, according to a survey conducted by the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which is funded by the National Institute of Standards and...
Mayville Eng. Co. Inc. (MEC), Mayville, Wis., has announced it has acquired Defiance Metal Products (DMP), a Defiance, Ohio-based manufacturer of metal products for the commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction, and military industries, through a private stock purchase. DMP has two facilities...
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, Pittsburgh, has announced a 2018 year-end project update, supporting its targeted Q4 2019 full in-service date and reaffirming a total Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project cost estimate of $4.6 billion. The company expects to have about 70 percent of the MVP project...
Lincoln Electric® has added mechanized automation to pipe welding with the Mini Pantheon™ pipe welding system. The heavy-duty construction and linear bearings help to deliver repeatable, high-quality welds and a stable platform for pipe spooling, the company states. The small-footprint system...
Fine Tubes, a Plymouth, U.K.-based manufacturer of high-precision tubing, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The company supplies stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium tubes for critical applications in the aerospace, medical, oil and gas, and energy industries. Founded in Surbiton in...
Lincoln Electric has introduced the Mini Pantheon™ pipe welding system, featuring heavy-duty construction and linear bearings to provide a stable platform for pipe spooling. The electronic pendant controls boom up/down and arc start/stop, while the controller offers four immediate and four...
Houston-based CAM Process Technologies LLC, the fabrication entity of CAM Integrated Solutions LLC, has promoted Marshall Mims to business development manager. Mims has more than 10 years of experience in the oil and gas and construction industries. His areas of expertise include sales management,...
Untangling long, flexible tubes from a bundle usually is a manual task, but machine builder Haven developed a way to do it efficiently enough that it feeds the next machine and keeps up with its 7-second processing time.
Hypertherm has announced a minor version update of Rotary Tube Pro™ software that simplifies designing and cutting tube and pipe parts, with no 3D CAD experience required. The update includes a number of new features designed to speed the programming process. For example, automatic nesting now is...
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscriptionIn this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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.