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Zumbach Electronics - Switzerland has provided a PROFILEMASTER® SPS 800-S8 profile measuring system to the Germany-based company Hoesch Schwerter Profile GmbH for use on its hot rolling mill. Hoesch, part of the Italian Calvi Holding group, is a manufacturer of customized steel profiles. The...
Metal tubing provider Blacoh Industries, Riverside, Calif., has appointed Rocky Jensen to production manager and lean facilitator. Jensen has 30 years of experience, having previously served as manufacturing manager at Wilden Pump & Engineering/PSG’s Grand Terrace facility. He holds a degree...
Germany-based SMS group has supplied heat-treating equipment and a pipe threading line to Houston-based Axis Pipe and Tube. The two new lines for the Bryan, Texas, plant enable the company to produce OCTG tubes used in natural gas and crude oil production. The heat-treating line includes a...
Plymouth, U.K.-based Fine Tubes, a manufacturer and global supplier of precision tubes for critical applications, has completed the Fit for Nuclear (F4N) program run by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The F4N service is designed to help U.K. manufacturing companies win...
Seuthe, an Asmag Group company, has introduced a tube mill for stainless steel tube production. It accommodates both laser welding and GTAW. The line comprises a decoiler, strip end shear and welding machinery, edge scarfing, entry table, forming section, welding table, bead lamination, bead...
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has shipped a new RT-3000 tube mill re-top and drive train upgrade for a North American automotive tube producer. The equipment will replace older tube mill equipment that is worn and difficult to maintain. The previous machine had integral roll stands...
Rafter Equipment Corp. has introduced patented Mill-Flip® quick-change technology that allows tube producers to achieve part-to-part changeovers in 15 min. or less. The technology requires no special mill roll stands or roll tooling and no complicated mill drive connections or electrical...
United Industries Inc., Selmer, Tenn., a manufacturer of laser welded stainless steel tubing for industries such as sanitary, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automotive, HVAC, and ornamental, has been recognized by the McNairy County Chamber of Commerce as May Industry of the Month. Since...
Rattunde Corp., the Caledonia, Mich., arm of a Germany-based manufacturer of finished-length tube and solid bar production systems, has announced the opening of a facility in Monterrey/Apodaca, Mexico. This 8,073-sq.-ft. tech center houses the Mexico sales and service operations, application...
Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube, a manufacturer of seamless and welded tubes, straight lengths, and coils in stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and zirconium, has been awarded Nadcap accreditation for heat treating. The accreditation is awarded based on one of the aerospace industry’s...
Luvata, a manufacturer of heat transfer systems, tubing, and special products, has purchased electronics wire manufacturer Accurate Wire Inc., Branford, Conn. The company supplies square, flat, round, and custom-shaped wire made of copper, copper alloys, steel, and aluminum for the electronics,...
FD Machinery offers an automated bundler that keeps pace with mills running up to 650 FPM. It has the smallest footprint of any automated bundling system available, according to the manufacturer. One hands-free bundler collects the tubes, stacks them into square or hexagonal bundles, bands...
TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, a provider of customized alloy steel products and services, has developed a new process to manufacture high-pressure tubing (HPT) for use in the production of low-density polyethylene (LDPE). The process begins at the Canton facility with the forge-rolling and...
Schuler has announced the delivery of two offline spiral pipe mills to Mexico and Saudi Arabia for the production of large pipes with diameters from 20 to 88 in. and lengths of 39 to 80 ft. The pipes are made from high-grade steel with thicknesses up to 1 in. wound onto coils. This is formed into a...
Modern, mass-produced tube and pipe products come in three main varieties: extruded, welded, and drawn over mandrel. The standard specifications that apply to the most common type, welded, occasionally come under scrutiny. Are commercial tolerances tight enough? Editor Eric Lundin captured a discussion on this topic at TPA’s 2015 conference, Pipe & Tube Lincoln (Sept. 23, Lincoln, Neb.)
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.
start your free subscriptionIn this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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.