T-Drill Industries
T-DRILL is the world-class supplier of tube and pipe fabrication solutions. T-DRILL machinery consists of both industrial solutions for several customer segments as well as portable solutions for mechanical contractors and plumbers.
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Heating and cooling become simpler and more complicated as time goes on
A return to simple refrigerants is under way, with carbon dioxide being marketed as R744. Of course, in commercial buildings the HVAC systems are anything but simple, using smart technologies to anticipate energy needs and thereby running more efficiently than in the days of simple thermostats.
Distillery fabricator makes collars to speed manifold-making process
Joining tubes at right angles to make a manifold is never an easy process. Fabricators spend a lot of time marking, cutting, coping, and aligning everything. The staff at distillery fabricator Hillbilly Stills found that pulling collars with a T-Drill unit eased the entire burden.
Automated capabilities continue to bring greater efficiencies to manufacturing
Sending out an RFQ for a vast turnkey manufacturing system can be the way to go for big OEMs. But all of the hardware, software, sensor, and control technologies are also available to small equipment builders. Regardless of fabrication needs, shops can probably find an automated machine or system within budget.
T-Drill’s portable T-65 SS performs stainless steel branching
T-Drill has introduced the T-65 SS portable unit for making T-joints of 17 to 54 mm OD in main run tubes up to 300 mm. It eliminates cutting of pipe, two welded joints, fitting cost, tube polishing at welding points, and inspection costs, says the company. The branch pipe can be connected to a...
Using a single machine to drill, thread, polish for making tube and pipe preparations the lean way
Programmability, automatic tool changers, ERP interfacing, lights-out operation, mobile phone accessibility, and Industry 4.0 are the technologies that machine tools need for the modern world. T-Drill, long known for its hand tools and single-station, manually loaded machines, recently has begun incorporating the latest technologies into a new generation of machine.
Automated cutting machine turns notion of conventional work flow on its head
When mechanical contractor J.C. Cannistraro found that it was having trouble keeping up with the construction boom in the Boston area, it went looking for a better way to do things. Operations Manager of Plumbing Joe Mierzejewski thought that its cutting and collaring operation was a bottleneck and set his sights on improving the process.
Collaring machine designed for stainless steel pipe
T-Drill offers the T-65 SS heavy-duty collaring machine for stainless steel pipe. According to the manufacturer, the machine produces comparable quality to a commercial T fitting, eliminating two welded joints and fitting cost. No pipe cutting or T fitting is involved, and the T ratio variation...
Teeing up orbital welding
Two technologies improve the quality and decrease the cost of fabricating high-purity systems, such as those used in the food and beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries. These two techniques are mechanically formed T connections and orbital welding. A common question is this: Can orbital welding be used on mechanically formed T connections? The answer is yes, but fabricators need to understand the limitations and restrictions of this combination.
Tube cutoff system designed for short production runs
T-Drill Industries has introduced the TCJ-50 tube cutoff system that extends its chipless rotary cutoff technology into a small, bench mounted system designed for short production runs from straight tube. The system can cut copper, steel, aluminum, and stainless steel tube from 3/8 in. through 2...
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T-Drill Industries names No. 1 seller
T-Drill Industries Inc., Norcross, Ga., has awarded George Yardley Co., Fountain Valley, Calif., the No. 1 in sales award for 2005.
George Yardley Co. represents plumbing, HVAC, filtration, instrumentation, and pumps product lines.
Cutting to the chase - integrating secondary operations
Tube cut-off machines have evolved to integrate end forming and bending capabilities that normally are considered secondary operations. The suitability of a cutting method to be integrated inline with end forming and bending depends on each cutting method’s characteristics and the bending and end forming requirements.