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.
Mocap’s heavy-wall polyethylene Tubing Plugs are designed to fit multiple tube gauges. They are available for round, square, and rectangular metal tubing in imperial and metric sizes, and many sizes have newly added top shapes, including domes, angles, and pyramids. The plugs are suitable for use...
In tube bending, “complex” doesn’t have to mean “difficult.” A free webinar organized by bender manufacturer Dynobend will explain how the company’s Tube Optimizer software provides automatic corrections for 3D bends made on its freeform benders. The webinar is presented on the heels of...
Getting a liquid or a bulk solid from a transportation vessel to a storage tank is an easy task (gravity does most of the work), but the system used for unloading such cargo is a complex apparatus and requires a loading arm. That's the forte of OEM and fabricator Excel Loading Systems.
The Pipe Fabrication Institute has issued Engineering Standard ES-50, Internal Oxidation for Piping Welds. When welding stainless steel piping, it is normal to purge air from the root side of the pipe and replace it with argon to prevent oxidation. Without purging, the root side of the weld can be...
Tube China, International Tube & Pipe Industry Trade Fair, will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center Sept. 23-26, 2020, under strict hygiene and distance regulations mandated by the Chinese health and safety authorities. As of this writing, 340 international exhibitors have...
Las Vegas-based S.A.F.E. Structure Designs has announced the completion of its project for the U.S. Army Corps at Shenango River Dam in Hermitage, Pa. With the help of Noble Supply & Logistics providing rapid contracting services, S.A.F.E. designed, engineered, manufactured, and installed a custom...
Milwaukee-based Mac-Tech and Prodevco will host a webinar, “21st Century Structural Automation,” June 14 at 11:00 a.m. CT. The webinar will focus on robotic structural beam and tubing processing systems. Topics covered include productivity; accuracy; repeatability; reduction or elimination of...
Coldwater Machine, a Lincoln Electric Company, has announced the availability of its automated, servo-controlled tube and bar straightening system for carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, and brass. It incorporates artificial intelligence that automatically adapts by learning different part...
MKS Pipe and Valve Co. (MKS), a distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings in Kansas City, Kan., has named Patrick Adams, former president/CEO, as chairman and director of special projects. Steven Adams, former executive vice president, has been appointed as president/CEO. “After nearly 50 years...
Germany-based transfluid Maschinenbau, a producer of tube processing machinery, has opened a subsidiary in Greenville, S.C.
The nearly 9,700-sq.-ft. facility houses offices, a spare parts warehouse, and a showroom.
Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings has announced the completed acquisition of the former pipe fabrication assets of The Shaw Group from McDermott Intl. Inc. Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings will rename itself Shaw Acquisitions Holdings and operate the business as Shaw. Shaw's global footprint includes 2...
Implementing Industry 4.0? Digitization, connectivity, and transparency can revolutionize a process or even an entire business, but successful implementation requires a holistic analysis.
RichardsApex, a manufacturer of oil-based and water-soluble wet lubricants for wire drawing, tube drawing, hot rolling, and other metalworking applications located in Philadelphia, has promoted two members of its technical staff. Ralph Creneti has been promoted to vice president–product...
Hexagon Production Software has introduced Radan 2021 with enhancements for CAD/CAM, tubes, bending, quoting, and CAD-for-CAM modeling. It allows the use of Radnest Ultimate on a punch press for optimizing batches of nests. Setup sheets can be generated automatically and sent to each machine. The...
Welding codes, procedures, qualifications, and certifications—what are they, and how are they used? They can be confusing, at best. Worse still, some welding applications don’t need to comply with any sort of code, written procedure, or anything else. Editor Eric Lundin interviewed Paul W. Cameron, a certified welding inspector, and Walter Sperko, a professional engineer and metallurgist with decades of experience in the welding industry, for insights regarding welding codes, procedures, and so on.
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.