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Tenaris, a manufacturer of steel pipes for the energy industry, has announced a $600,000 investment in IT and automation infrastructure at its Conroe, Texas, plant for tracking and traceability capabilities, as well as the addition of about 140 employees. The company is adding crews to operate the...
U.K.-based Fastmarkets, part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group, will hold its Steel Tube & Pipe 2021 event virtually May 10-12, 2021. It will include steel market experts covering supply and demand outlooks, the financial health of the oil and gas industry, and developments along...
George A. Mitchell Co., Youngstown, Ohio, has been contracted to supply a 33,000-lb., five-die rotary hydraulic push pointer for a U.S. manufacturer of cold-drawn steel tubes. This type of machine is used when more than three dies are needed to accomplish a specific schedule of point reductions...
One manufactured product that remains unchanged from the time the first one was developed (4,000 years ago) until now is pipe, which has had one function: to convey fluids. A pipe developed by Tri-D Dynamics, one that carries fluid and data, is bound to join the many advanced products that have made Industry 4.0 possible.
Thermatool has announced it has delivered equipment for HF welding, heating, cutting, and galvanizing to Peasa, a conduit mill in Mexico. The mill, which produces specialized automotive tubing and conduit for North America, has done business with Thermatool for more than 40 years. “Lately we have...
Invimec continuous forming machines, available in North America from Straus-Artys, are designed for the production of tubes and profiles starting from strip; with or without welding; closed, open, or customized. The welding method, such as GTAW, laser, or microplasma, is integrated into the...
Every tube or pipe application has one thing in common: the need for good, reliable, durable welds. The main process? It’s high-frequency electric resistance welding (HF-ERW). A webinar from Thermatool Corp. covers just that.
SituationA large North American manufacturer of cooling and heat transfer equipment was using an electric resistance welding (ERW) copper wheel system to produce tubular products for its equipment. And for almost eight years, the company discussed upgrading its machines to be rid of the challenges...
Exhibitor registration for Tube Düsseldorf 2022, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, is now open at www.tube.de/2330. The deadline for reserving exhibit space is June 30, 2021. The event will be held May 9-13, 2022, at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. The show will again feature a...
Shambaugh & Sons has begun construction on an 84,000-sq.-ft. fabrication facility in Kingman, Ariz., to house its Progressive Pipe Fabricators division.
Scheduled for opening in fall 2021, the plant will fabricate and deliver more than 20,000 sprinkler pipes per week.
Xiris Automation Inc. has released a new version of its WI-2000 weld inspection system for tube and pipe manufacturing that incorporates a Class 2 laser. This laser is not a skin or materials burn hazard, nor does it harm the human eye, so installation of the system no longer requires a laser...
The publishing team that produces the monthly "Preston Pipe & Tube Report" has scheduled its 2021 OCTG & Line Pipe Forecasting Summit for Oct. 12. Exploring the state of the oil and gas industry recovery over the next three years, the conference will examine some of the big shifts likely to have an...
Nucor Corp. has announced plans to build a tube mill in the Midwest. The $164 million tube mill, expected to be in operation in two years, will have the capacity to produce about 250,000 tons of hollow structural section tubing, mechanical steel tubing, and galvanized solar torque tube. Nucor's...
Most durable goods manufacturing sectors improved in December 2020 compared to the month earlier, but remained below December 2019 levels. Overall the economic recovery continues on a path that projects a return to prepandemic output levels by midyear, although employment is expected to lag.
Many innovations have updated steel pipe over the decades, and a recent development by a Silicon Valley firm stands to transform it. Tri-D Dynamics embeds integrated circuits, RFID tags, and even power transmission lines into the walls of pipe for downhole applications, and other applications are potentially unlimited.
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 subscriptionThis week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
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.