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Ametek SMP Fine Tubes, Plymouth, U.K., has named Peter Brown as its new key equipment and facilities manager. He joins the company after working nine years in maintenance and operations management roles. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering with honors in manufacturing engineering with...
You can learn a lot about producing or fabricating tube and pipe by reading industry literature, viewing processes on video, and listening to webinars, but getting out of the office to attend an event or two can provide invaluable insights that other avenues don’t provide.
Thermatool Corp., East Haven, Conn., has received a contract from OCTG producer OMK for the delivery of two high-power HF welding machines and 12 postweld heat-treatment seam annealers to its Vyska Steel Works unit. The equipment is scheduled to be commissioned later this year. Vyska Steel Works is...
Fives has received an order for equipment to process seamless tubes at a tube production facility in Russia. The company will design and supply two Bronx six-roll cold pipe straighteners, a Bronx 10-roll hot pipe straightener, Taylor-Wilson end facers, two Taylor-Wilson double-head hydrotesters,...
Metal tube and pipe production and fabrication rely on nearly every lubricant type, additive, and application process. Finding the optimal process for a specific application requires a thorough understanding of the choices and a robust selection process.
Collegeville, Pa.-based Ametek SMP Superior Tube Co., a manufacturer of small-diameter precision metal tubing for the aerospace and defense industries, has announced two successful reaccreditations from Nadcap. Superior Tube met all Nadcap’s requirements based on the standards for heat treating...
Sandmeyer Steel Co., Philadelphia, a provider of stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium plate and plate products, has entered the specialty pipe and tubular market.
The company now offers stainless steel, nickel alloy, and titanium welded tubular products.
Chicago-based Zekelman Industries has announced the construction of what it says is the world's largest continuous ERW tube mill. The mill will be capable of producing hollow structural sections (HSS) from 8 in. sq. by 0.750-in. wall up to 22 in. sq. by 1-in. wall. Atlas Tube, a division of...
Tube and pipe mill provider Freedom Mill Systems has completed a 10,000-sq.-ft. expansion at its Delta, Ohio, facility. The company also recently added two factory-trained service technicians. The addition is intended to help meet increased demand for the company’s solid-state welding machines,...
Warren, Ohio-based Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic® has announced the delivery of two large induction heat-treating quench and temper lines to facilities in the U.S. Both pipe heat-treating lines process upset tubing inline through multifrequency scheming technology at a rate of 15 to 20 tons/hr. These...
Emmedi has completed two highly customized, inline tube bright annealing systems, installed in the U.S., that offer improved production flexibility and energy savings. The equipment is tailored to process different materials (austenitic and ferritic stainless steel and exotic alloys) and sizes...
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has added roll former and tube mill alignments to its range of services. The service includes pre-alignment mill evaluation, equipment alignment to OEM specifications, check and correct mill level, check and correct mill flatness, check and correct mill...
Thermatool offers the CFI high-frequency (HF) welder, a solid-state tube and pipe welding machine. With frequencies from 150 to 800 kHz, the machine is based on the company’s HF welding process, and the current-fed inverter (CFI) design allows users to weld almost any metal. The machine uses the...
Cortec offers CorroLogic® CorrPlug® heavy-wall black polyethylene pipe caps. They contain proprietary vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors to protect pipe threads, pipe ends, and other tubular objects from corrosion, mechanical damage, and contamination during transit, handling, and storage. In...
Victaulic, Easton, Pa., celebrates 100 years since it was granted its first industry patent for mechanical pipe joining products. In 1919, Lt. Ernest Tribe filed the first patent for The Victory Joint, the first mechanical bolted coupling to join grooved pipe ends. Now known as the Victaulic...
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.
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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.