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Victaulic, a manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining, fire protection, and flow control systems in Easton, Pa., has acquired the business assets of Tennessee Metal Fabricating Corp.
When a digital servo drive kept showing carriage and overcurrent faults in CNC tube bending, technicians carefully followed the breadcrumbs to the source of the problem.
Unison Ltd. has developed Opt2Sim Tube, the latest addition to its Opt2Sim software suite.
An industrial contractor and pipe spool fabricator in Tuscaloosa, Ala., McAbee, builds custom software to digitize its workflow, boost traceability, and increase transparency for fitters and welders. It’s called MATS, the McAbee Automated Tracking System, and it’s changed the way the pipe spool fabricator does business.
Across America, manufacturers and fabrication shops are using many weapons to combat the shortage of highly skilled labor. That’s where automated tube fabrication cells can help in a big way.
Chicago-area custom auto parts maker Heidts Automotive Group has built a reputation for getting horsepower out on the streets that puts Steve McQueen's Bullitt to shame. The key has been flexibility. And it's done that by cutting weight and guesswork for customers while creating more efficient production time for itself with better engineering and machine technology.
BLM GROUP USA, Novi, Mich., has announced the appointment of Michael Adelman as regional sales manager for Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida.
Mocap has expanded its S series straight plastic caps.
Pipeline Technique (PTL) has acquired a trio of energy infrastructure businesses from Stanley Black & Decker.
Keeping a tube bending machine in tip-top shape isn’t difficult if a metal fabrication shop maintains a regular routine. Here’s how.
A new, flexible tube laser cutting and bending cell exemplifies MEC’s approach to automation. Part volume isn’t the only consideration for the manufacturing giant.
Experienced pipe welders are hard to find and fabricators want to increase their productivity while delivering high-quality products and reducing production delays and costs. The Rotoweld 3.0 is designed for the daily reality of pipe spool fabricators. With over 30 years of experience in automated welding, we believe that only a fully integrated work cell can deliver our production promise to our clients: the most high-quality, reproducible, productive and consistent welds.
Fenn LLC, East Berlin, Conn., has acquired the intellectual property of Engineered Machinery Group Inc., which includes the rights to MacBee Engineering Group.
“Methods to Check Dimensional Tolerances on Hollow Structural Sections,” a technical guide from the Steel Tube Institute (STI), Glenview, Ill., has been approved as the standard guide for measuring tolerances.
By just being there the week of Tube 2022, the thousands of exhibitors and attendees that poured into the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre each day said something with their hands and feet more powerful than they could have otherwise: “We’re here, and we’re ready to do business.”
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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.