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Protective caps and plugs from Elesa can be used to cushion pipe ends, as well as prevent loss of fluids or ingress of foreign matter. The NCT high-grade polyethylene caps are intended to cover tube ends to prevent damage, restrain leakage, and prevent ingress of foreign material. They are...
In high-purity industries, liquids and gases are regarded as corrosive elements that severely test manufacturing systems. That is why most flanges, valves, and pipes are made of high-strength materials such as stainless steel, duplex, or INCONEL alloy. Protem and Serco offer several pipe...
The t-cut orbital tube cutting machine from transfluid is available in two models. The RTO 628 handles tube diameters of 6 to 28 mm, while the RTO 2080 cuts tube diameters of 20 to 80 mm. The machine can be used as a stand-alone unit or as part of a production cell. The intuitive controls of the...
Running a family-owned business isn’t easy. Certainly many small manufacturing companies share roots with a family tree. Columnist Lisa Wertzbaugher, who has worked in both family-owned and non-family metalworking companies, has some insights based on her experiences.
Baytown, Texas-based S&B Modular Operations has announced its name change to S&B Fabrication Services Ltd. The change reflects continued growth of the company’s services and products for the engineering and construction, oil and gas, renewables, and power sectors. The manufacturer offers modular...
Quite a bit of 2021 will be neither new nor normal. Coronaviruses aren’t new, vaccines aren’t new, keeping a distance from others isn’t new—but hopefully we’ll have a new way of holding meetings, seminars, conventions, and expos successfully so business can get back to normal, especially for the manufacturing industry and metalworking sectors.
North America’s largest 3D printing trade show has been rescheduled for Sept. 13-15, 2021, at McCormick Place in Chicago. RAPID + TCT had been scheduled for April of this year, but the date was changed because of COVID-19. The 2020 installment also was canceled because of the pandemic. According...
Byron Products, Fairfield, Ohio, a provider of thermal processing services including heat treating, brazing, welding, and thermal coating, has added tube bending to its list of offerings. The in-house process incorporates brazing and welded fittings for complete tube assemblies, as well as for...
Milwaukee-based steel service center Wisconsin Steel and Tube continues its evolution into contract manufacturing with the addition of two Bystronic laser tube cutting systems. The machines will be available for projects starting in Q2 2021. The ByTube 130 machine employs fiber laser technology,...
Esco Tool has introduced the APS-438 air-powered saw and WrapTrack trolley system for cutting stainless and carbon steel pipe from 6 to 60 in. dia. The trolley guides the saw around the circumference of the pipe without wobbling to produce perfectly square cuts, the company states. The saw also...
When Borla Performance Industries, a leading manufacturer of aftermarket automotive products, switched from machining to plasma cutting, the company’s productivity improved in several ways—programming, cutting, and downstream operations.
Piqua, Ohio-based Tailwind Technologies’ sister operating companies, AMI-AWI, have acquired the assets of Dawley Aviation and Dawley Mfg., both of which serve the general aviation market. AMI-AWI are providers of aviation and tubular components, exhaust systems, thin-wall welding, and precision...
A new AI vision system from Novarc Technologies aims to automate pipe welding further.
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.
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.
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.
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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.