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transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH offers the t form REB system for axial tube forming. The machine configuration is determined by three factors: the tube size, the material, and the forming geometry. For example, sharp-angled contours require significantly more upsetting output than smooth ones....
Bewo Cutting Systems B.V. offers the SigmaSC cutting line. In stand-alone configuration, the machine cuts up to 15,000 tubes per hour. The cutting machine carries out adjustments automatically and chooses maximum efficiency when changing over. Changeover of tube length, diameter, and clamping...
FD Machinery Co. has developed a new double-head flying saw for use in tube and pipe and roll forming applications. The double-car flying saw offers two cutting carts in one production line. They operate independently and finish cutting pipes or open profiles alternately. This helps increase...
Condat offers Condatub lubricants for hot and cold tube forming processes. Suitable for use on all metals, they include hot forming graphite and ceramics dispersions, drawing nonreactive and reactive soaps, pilger rolling and forming soluble lubricants, drawing neat oils, and corrosion inhibitors....
Traditional ultrasonic systems use piezoelectric transducers to generate sounds waves and a couplant—a liquid—to provide a pathway for the sound waves to pass from the transducer to the material under test. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer is an alternative technology, one that uses two electromagnets to generate the sound wave in the part to be inspected. This eliminates the couplant, which can interfere with the test process.
China-based FD Machinery has announced it will supply two CNC-CFS (direct forming square) ERW tube mills and a double-car flying saw to APL Apollo, located in Delhi, India. The automated tube mills allow the operator to change tube size in 5 min. by entering four parameters on a touchscreen....
Xiris Automation Inc., Burlington, Ont., has named Plasmo Industrietechnik GmbH, Vienna, Austria, as the exclusive distributor of Xiris products for the tube and pipe industry for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Plasmo is a supplier of automated optical quality and process control systems...
OCT Pipe has announced plans to build a 1 million-sq.-ft. seamless steel pipe manufacturing facility in Norfolk, Neb.
The $111 million project is expected to create 180 jobs. Completion is anticipated in July 2017.
Roll-Kraft, a tooling supplier to the tube and pipe and roll forming industry, has named Sanjay Singh as president. He joined the company in 2013 as executive vice president. Former President Chuck Gehrisch, who has led the company for decades, will continue in his role as chairman and CEO....
Unison Ltd. has installed what it says is the world’s largest and most powerful all-electric pipe bending machine at Westcon Yard AS, a Norway-based offshore and maritime services company. Capable of generating 660,000 Nm of continuous, servo-controlled torque, the custom-designed machine will be...
U. S. Steel Tubular Products Inc., Houston, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corp., has announced that Lee K. Boothby, chairman, president, and CEO of Newfield Exploration Co., The Woodlands, Texas, is the recipient of the Chief Roughneck Award for 2015. The award honors the lifetime...
On Friday, Oct. 23, employees from Plymouth Tube Co.’s Streator mill reached 1,000 days of being accident- and injury-free. Earlier this year the Streator mill was awarded one of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl.'s FMA/CNA Safety Awards, which honors companies that had perfect...
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has completed a new RT-2000S HFI tube mill for shipment to a North American aluminized carbon/stainless steel tube producer. The mill is designed to produce tubing from 0.500 in. OD by 0.038 in. wall minimum to 2.000 in. OD by 0.120 in. wall maximum....
An industry observer says the OCTG industry is in “turm-oil,” which is hard to dispute. Falling prices, a global economic slowdown, and an excess of supply is going to keep the industry down for the near term.
Hexagon Metrology has announced the release of its TubeShaper software for the portable Romer Absolute Arm CMM tube inspection system. The new software is designed to apply the CMM’s measurement capabilities to tube production, tube and pipe inspection, reverse engineering of tubes and tube...
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.