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There's a reason that J&D Tube Benders has three tube bending machines that used to belong to other companies that were getting out of the tube business. Not everyone is experienced with tube, and that's why J&D Tube Benders has advice to make it easier to work with tube fabricators.
HGG Profiling Equipment, Medina, Ohio, a supplier of pipe cutting machines, robotic profile cutting lines, and associated cutting equipment, has received the Dutch Royal Metal Union’s 2017 Smart Manufacturing Award. The award recognizes HGG’s constant process improvement through innovation,...
Making trailer hitches doesn't sound like the most exciting corner of the manufacturing world, but you would be wrong to think that. Global competition and the need to be first to market make successful product development of the utmost importance. B&W Trailer Hitches, Humboldt, Kan., found a secret weapon in this battle in its new laser tube cutting machine.
Cob Industries supplies a line of lightweight inflatable stoppers for pipes up to 120 in. dia. to prevent the entry of debris into pipes. They are available in cylindrical format for straight pipes and spherical format for bent pipes. For retaining fluid inside a pipe, plugs made of aluminum,...
EEMUA has published edition 2 of EEMUA 143 recommendations for tube end welding. It takes ISO 15614-8:2016, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials – Welding procedure test – Part 8: Welding of tubes to tube-plate joints as the primary source, with additions...
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT® has developed HotPurge®, an inflatable pipe purging system for heat-treated chrome and high-strength stainless steel pipe joints that might stay at temperatures as high as 1,400 degrees F for many hours. Available from Cob Industries, the system allows the purge...
Kinkelder has extended its line of TCT Champion saw blades for tube cutting. The Champion TL saw blade features a new carbide grade, PVD coating, body design, and tooth geometry. It cuts tubes with tensile up to 850 N/mm2 on high-output, stationary sawing machines. The blade is available in...
Just as hydroforming was “discovered” in the late 1980s or early 1990s, as it transitioned from just a few specialized industries into more mainstream manufacturing segments, another, related process is forging a similar path: Hot metal gas forming. Similar to hydroforming, but performed at elevated temperatures, it does many of the things hydroforming once did – forms difficult shapes and complex shapes, reduces part weight, exhibits less wall thinning than some competing processes – but takes them further because it works with more pliable material.
FABTECH® 2017, to be held in Chicago Nov. 6-9, will for the first time feature an expanded pavilion showcasing tubes, tube end products, and the tube trade.All these areas will be presented in a new segment—the Tube Producers’ and Suppliers’ Pavilion, organized and implemented by Messe...
Lake Zurich, Ill.-based Steel Tank Institute-Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) has recognized member companies in 14 product categories with its Steel Fabricated Product of the Year Awards for 2016. There were 49 entries from STI/SPFA member companies for the awards, representing...
IRCO has updated its standard pipe stand line. The pipe stands provide a stable platform to support pipe spools, usually being rotated by a welding positioner. They feature an upper support structure mounted on a customizable base. The upper support has drop-in wheel assemblies that adjust on a...
The DB 40120-CNC-VE tube bending machine is available from transfluid. It permits bending radii of 1xD at very low wall thicknesses. All movement axes in this fully electric bending system are synchronized by the sequence control. All parameters can be taken from the CAD, and the corresponding form...
BLM Group USA, a Wixom, Mich.-based manufacturer of tube and sheet metal processing equipment, has named Andrew Dodd as North American sales director. Dodd has more than 34 years of experience in the laser fabrication and integration business. Before joining the firm, he served as North American...
The QuickPurge® tube, pipe, and pipeline weld purging system is available from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT®. The system is inserted into a tube or pipe and inflated, restricting the area that is to be welded and removing the oxygen within minutes. According to the company, a 36-in.-dia....
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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.