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Armed with a master’s degree in fine art and a few years of fabricating experience, Taylor Wallace settled in Chicago and quickly established his company, Metal Magic Interiors, as a reliable fabricator and consultant in commercial overhauls and rehabilitation projects
MITUSA Inc. has introduced a seam welding unit that uses linear rails with bearing blocks to move as the seam is made on the tube or pipe. According to the company, this design gives the track a strong hold and allows free travel of the carriage. This additional strength contributes to more...
Three months before the start of wire 2018—International Wire and Cable Trade Fair—and Tube 2018—International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair—exhibitors have booked a record 1.29 million sq. ft. of net exhibit space. This is about 107,600 sq. ft. more than at the 2016 event and the largest amount...
Leo Valerio is the best example of a metal fabricator: He sees a different way of doing things and sets forth to do it better. That's what led him to found a company aimed at building better semi-automated welding equipment.
Schmallenberg, Germany-based tube bending and processing machine manufacturer transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH has announced the addition of 10,700 sq. ft. to its production area, bringing its total floor area to more than 75,000 sq. ft. This expansion gives the prototyping department three times more...
Schwarze-Robitec offers the CNC 100 E TB MR machine for bending a wide variety of different tube and profile dimensions. According to the company, the bender provides short cycle times, high speed, and high accuracy. It has individually adjustable tools and can bend tubes with very short lengths...
Realizing what the potential of embracing building information modeling and other advanced technologies might mean for fabricating efficiencies at its shop, Shapiro & Duncan began making a transition to digital technologies about 10 years ago. Today that effort is paying off handsomely as it is able to stay on top of business even in the face of skilled workers retiring and not having great success in finding skilled replacements.
Schwarze-Robitec offers the CNC 100 E TB MR all-electric tube bender. The machine enables companies in the automotive industry to achieve serial production of pipe systems quickly and efficiently, the manufacturer states. The bender is equipped with numerous components to help reduce downtime and...
HGG Profiling Equipment has introduced a vessel cutting machine, created to cut precision beveled holes in pressure vessel tank heads, shells, nozzles, and reinforcing pads, as well as hillside holes. The machine features a rotating table and a laser scanner system. The rotating table positions the...
Ercolina®’s CE60H3 angle roll is designed to operate in either the vertical or horizontal position with a maximum bending capacity of 3-in. Sch. 10. A universal tool set included for multiple profiles uses the same tooling as model CE50. The heavy-duty structure and rigid components offer high...
Carell's new ETM-90HD rotary compression tube/pipe bender, built from solid alloy steel (no castings), incorporates a new digital touchscreen programmer (40 programs of five bends each) with capacity calculator showing section modulus and minimum expected bend radius. The drive arbor accepts a...
The Esco Wart MILLHOG® from Esco Tool is a portable pipe beveler that sets up quickly using a self-centering draw rod assembly that fits into the pipe ID and has a mandrel with expanding clamps for rigid mounting. It can bevel, face, and bore simultaneously with ± 0.001-in. accuracy to provide...
The JET® dual-station abrasive pipe notcher features a two-station design for simplified access to notching, grinding, and deburring at three different workstations. The notcher, which features heavy-gauge steel construction, notches pipe from ½ to 2½ in. dia. at the front station. It is capable...
Acromil Corp., City of Industry, Calif., a primary supplier of complex structural components and assemblies to the aerospace and defense industries, has ordered two Cincinnati wide-range titanium profilers and a Giddings & Lewis horizontal boring mill from Fives as the start of a two-phase...
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, China, Switzerland, India, Italy, and Korea. The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters from...
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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.