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Tata Steel installs EFD Induction equipment in U.K. plant

Tata Steel, a producer of welded tube, has installed a 750-kW Weldac from Norway-based EFD Induction on a 6-in. stretch-reducing mill at its Corby, U.K., plant.

This unit was installed on a mill that produces mother tube hollow fed directly to a stretch-reducing process. Typical welded diameters are from 139.7 to 190 mm (5.5 to 7.5 in.), with wall thickness up to 10 mm (0.39 in.).