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Tridex Technology, now a Glebar Company, offers the CS1-E burr-free electrochemical cutoff machine for cutting stainless tubes. It cuts multiple tubes simultaneously and free from burrs, metal chips, stress, and mechanical distortions. A filter system cleans the electrolyte fluid to minimize...
Hydrapower Intl. Inc. has developed two machines designed to speed production of lighting, utility, traffic signal, and decorative poles. The Flow Former produces the poles, handling an extensive range of profiles. The Burnisher, built on the same base, processes poles over a mandrel, and the...
T&H Lemont, Countryside, Ill., a custom manufacturer of tube and pipe mills and roll tooling for the tube, pipe, and roll forming industries, has named Michael Strand as president. Strand joined the company in 2017, focusing on sales of new and reconditioned tooling, as well as...
A longstanding problem in tube bender tooling setup is tooling misalignment, which leads to scrapped tube (wasted material) and requires additional setup time to align the tooling (wasted time). Interlock tooling takes advantage of the bend die’s interlock opening, integrating the various tooling elements and keeping them aligned.
Versa Machinery has introduced series C caterpillar pullers, which provide uniform pressure over the entire traction length to exert pulling force without product deformation. They are suitable for pliable materials such as tubing and extruded profiles. They are available in nonmotorized and...
Esco Tool offers the Flange Hog 110 manually operated flange facing tool. It eliminates valve replacement and the pipe cutting, welding, and X-ray inspection involved. The tool requires an approximate 10-in. opening between flanges and refaces damaged RF and FF gasket seats on flanges with a...
Messe Düsseldorf has announced it has rescheduled its wire and Tube tradeshows for Dec. 7-11, 2020, at the Düsseldorf Fairgrounds in Germany. The show organizer previously postponed the event to counteract the possible spread of the coronavirus. In 15 halls, 2,600 exhibitors are expected to...
The diameter and wall thickness of aluminum and light-metal-alloy tube can be measured with the X-Ray 6000 Pro from Sikora. It also measures plastic coating on steel tubes up to 200 mm dia. Measurement values are shown on the monitor of the EcoControl 6000 processor system so that the user can...
Sikora offers the Radar Scan 6000 system for noncontact, inline measurement of metal tube and rod diameter and ovality. The system—based on progressive, high-resolution radar technology—records measuring values greater than 360 degrees of the product circumference to micron accuracy. Radar...
Converting from a conventional operation to lean manufacturing takes some capital and a substantial amount of organizing and planning to work out the logistics of lean, but it can pay off in big ways. J & D Tube Benders, Schofield, Wis., has found that lean optimizes everything essential in fabricating–floor space, capital, and labor.
Sikora has introduced the Laser series 2000 for noncontact and nondestructive measurement of the diameter and the ovality of metal tubes, wire rods, and bars during production. The measuring method is based on the use of laser light sources and CCD sensors in combination with signal processors. The...
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH has announced its postponement of wire and Tube Düsseldorf. The new dates for Tube 2020 and wire 2020 are Dec. 7 - 11. This decision was based on the recommendation of the crisis management team of the German government to take into account the principles of the Robert Koch...
HGG Profiling Equipment, Medina, Ohio, has opened a new, 6,500-sq.-ft. center in Houston to provide service and support to customers and profile cutting machine installations in North and South America. It employs a customer service manager, administrative and inside sales personnel, telephone...
Plating tube or pipe is a technical process, but not necessarily a technical challenge. Successful plating hinges more on planning and logistics than the plating process itself. Developing a detailed plan and working out all of the logistics ahead of time are matters of communication between fabricator and plater, which is the basis for successful plating.
Schwarze-Robitec has delivered a fully electric, multiradius CNC 80 E TB MR tube bending machine to Vandans, Austria-based ELB-Form for cold and hot tube forming. The company forms to extremely tight tolerances, even with complex tube geometries for confined spaces, for the production of exhaust...
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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.