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Content about Superior Tube Co. - Page 2
Superior Tube earns AS9100 certification
- Sep 29, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Superior Tube, Collegeville, Pa., has announced its certification to AS9100.
The company is a manufacturer of precision tubing for the aerospace industry, including seamless and welded tubes, straight lengths, and coils in stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and zirconium.
Superior Tube celebrates 80th anniversary
- Sep 23, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube, a manufacturer of precision tubing, celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2014. The company’s products are used in a variety of industries, including aerospace, power stations, oil and gas extraction, and medicine. Founded in 1934, the company is a pioneer...
Superior Tube decreases lead-times with new draw mill process
- Aug 18, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube Co., a manufacturer of small-diameter precision tubing for safety-critical applications, has reduced its lead-times from 30 weeks to six weeks, in some cases, by implementing a pull system as part of a reconfiguration of its draw mill processes. The...
Superior Tube appoints aerospace market manager
- Aug 12, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube Co., a manufacturer of small-diameter precision tubing for safety-critical applications, has appointed Wade Burchell as aerospace market manager. Burchell previously held director-level sales and marketing positions with a number of aerospace businesses. His...
- From The Fabricator
The Watermill Group names senior VP/chief strategy officer
- Mar 10, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The Watermill Group, a strategy-driven private investment firm in Lexington, Mass., has hired Brian J. Malloy as senior vice president and chief strategy officer for Fine Tubes Ltd. in the U.K. and Superior Tube Co. in the U.S., two companies it acquired in 2012. Malloy has more than 20 years...
Taking big strides with small-diameter tubing
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
After 60 years in business, Superior Tube Co. Inc. found itself at a crossroads. The recession of the early 2000s had taken a toll on U.S. manufacturing, and many companies feared the growing threat from newly industrializing, low-wage countries. The company’s management came up with a strategy to update its manufacturing practices, upgrade its equipment, and prepare its workforce for the challenges associated with global competition. The result, compressing about 15 years’ worth of changes into just two years, has propelled the company forward and earned it the 2014 TPJ Industry Award.
Souping up old draw benches
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 24, 2013
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Superior Tube Co. Inc., Collegeville, Pa., a fabricator that draws tubing for small-diameter applications, recently set about to improve material flow through its plant. Realizing that moving 60- and 70-year-old draw benches likely would damage the motors and motor controllers, which were the original equipment, the company developed a plan to upgrade the hardware at the same time. The result is a quantum leap in motor efficiency and monitoring capability.
Fine Tubes joins with Superior Tube
- Jul 11, 2013
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Fine Tubes, a U.K.-based manufacturer of metal tubing for the aerospace, medical, chemical, nuclear power, and oil and gas sectors, has partnered with metal tubing manufacturer Superior Tube, Collegeville, Pa. Both companies are owned by Watermill Group. Through Superior Tube, Fine Tubes now can...
Watermill Group acquires Fine Tubes, Superior Tube
- Sep 18, 2012
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Private investment firm The Watermill Group, Lexington, Mass., has acquired Fine Tubes Ltd. in Plymouth, U.K., and Superior Tube Co. Inc. in Collegeville, Pa., from Superior Group Inc., a privately owned industrial holding company. Watermill will help the two metal tubing manufacturing companies...
Evaluating drawing lubricants
- By James Brooks
- Feb 1, 2012
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Chlorinated lubricants, which have been phased out in Canada and Europe, are still used in many metal-forming applications in the U.S. This class of lubricants is under scrutiny in the U.S., so it makes sense to test alternative lubricants now. Evaluating a lubricant for drawing tube requires much more than simply measuring the draw load during a pull. A comprehensive test evaluates ease of cleaning and finished tube quality also.
HPTR's past, present, and future—Part II
- By Albert Nerino, Chris Nagele, John Reinhart, and Mark Deaver
- Jul 11, 2011
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series. Part I examined the development, design, and functions of the high-precision tube roller (HPTR). Part II discusses the HPTR’s current role and modern applications. At its creation, the high-precision tube rolling (HPTR) mill was...
HPTR’s past, present, and future — Part I
- By Albert Nerino, Mark Deaver, Chris Nagele, and John Reinhart
- Jun 18, 2011
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Initially developed in the 1950s for manufacturing tubing with ultrathin walls for nuclear fuel cladding, the high-precision tube roller (HPTR) continues to provide a fast, economical way to achieve extreme reductions in diameter and wall thickness.
Metallurgical aspects of tube production
- By Chiranjib K. Mukherjee
- May 4, 2004
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Small-diameter tubing plays a crucial role in many markets, including aerospace, nuclear, medical, and industrial. From coronary stents to hydraulic aircraft controls, each application has unique requirements. To meet the requirements of customers in these industries, well-designed processing steps and adequate control are critical.
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