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Germany-based Schuler and Evraz North America have launched a spiral pipe mill at Evraz’s facility in Regina, Sask. Schuler spent three weeks training maintenance staff for software and hardware about the line and its components. Evraz, a producer of steel products for rail, energy, and...
Zekelman Industries, Chicago, has announced that Executive Chairman and CEO Barry Zekelman, a member of the Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports (CPTI), has urged President Donald Trump to move forward with restrictions on imported steel pipe and tube. Zekelman was one of 24 steel pipe and tube...
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has completed an order for three RT-3000 weld squeeze boxes; one RT-2500 HFI five-roll weld squeeze box; and one RT-3000 heavy-duty, single-tool weld bead upset trimmer. The equipment will be used to produce direct-formed HSLA welded profiles for the...
Göppingen, Germany-based Schuler has delivered a spiral pipe mill to Tuberías Procarsa in Monclova, Mexico, for production of pipes with diameters of 20 to 88 in. and lengths of 39 to 80 ft. The spiral mill works with hot-rolled coil raw steel, up to 1 in. thick. It forms the diameter and tack...
Fine Tubes, a U.K.-based manufacturer of precision tubing, has been awarded a Nadcap accreditation for chemical processing. Nadcap is an internationally recognized accreditation system that covers the key manufacturing and production processes used within the aerospace industry. This is the...
DS Mfg., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln Industries located in Pine Island, Minn., is now operating under the same name as its parent company. The company acquired DS Mfg., a fabricator of small-diameter tube, two years ago. Since the acquisition, the company has increased its workforce by...
Rafter Equipment Corp. has added two CNC machining centers to its manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. The identical Haas VF series vertical machining centers expand the company’s in-house manufacturing capabilities. Each machine includes added fourth-axis machining capability. The...
Rattunde, a manufacturer of tube and bar processing machinery with a U.S. office in Caledonia, Mich., has increased the plant and office capacity at its global headquarters in Ludwigslust, Germany. The company purchased a 175,000-sq.-ft. facility across the street from its existing location, more...
Tyler Pipe & Coupling, Tyler, Texas, has announced the promotions of Patrick Leonard to eastern sales manager and Jeremy Blackhurst to western sales manager. Leonard has worked in multiple divisions of the McWane Plumbing Group, Birmingham, Ala., for more than eight years, including the...
Chicago Tube & Iron, Romeoville, Ill., has promoted Jim Farnan to vice president of procurement. He is a 22-year veteran of the steel industry, including 17 years with the company in sales and general management. Farnan has a bachelor’s degree from Loras College and has completed MSCI’s...
Cleveland-based FD Machinery has received an order to replace the existing drivetrain on a Yoder HF ERW tube mill. The existing drivetrain is worn and undersized for the heavy-wall HSLA tubing the customer produces. The new drivetrain will use gearboxes with spiral-bevel gears, as opposed to worm...
Plymouth Tube, Warrenville, Ill., has announced that its Streator Mill has received the 2017 Rusty Demeules Award for Safety Excellence. The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA) and CNA Insurance Safety present this award annually to recognize companies with an exceptional safety...
Union Iron & Steel Co. LLC has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply ERT-EBROS endless rolling technology for the company's existing bar rolling mill in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The system, which welds together billets intended for rolling, is scheduled to commence operation...
Doing more with less is nothing new, but it takes a toll on the equipment. Getting more out of a tube or pipe mill stresses everything, and even if the motors, shafts, and gearboxes are up to the task, the universal joints are likely to suffer. Upgrading the universal joints can help in high-stress situations.
OMCO produces custom-welded profiles and standard tube shapes requiring slots, holes, and other modifications. The company’s production line incorporates a 330-ton prepunch press; a 3.5-in. rafted roll forming mill; and a 150-kW, high-frequency welder with integrated eddy current monitor to...
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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.