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Technology Update ......... 36
G lobal Marketplace . ..... 66
中文综合........................... 88
Advertisers Index............ 96
January 2011 |Vol24No 1 |US$33
Front C over Story
GALLIUM offers wide range of tube mills with
the very latest features including quick change
mechanisms, helical gear boxes for distribution
of power at high efficiencies to individual driven
stands, oscillating type OD based cutting tools
for long life, inline 19 roll straightner for a high
degree of straightness and SG cast stands for
excellent damping properties. Precession machined
nitrited spindles housed in self aligning bearings,
computerised roll setting for side setting (optional)
are also available. Simultaneous screw down of top
spindle, 4-roll driven shaping stands for sectional
tubing, rotary turks heads for precise straightness
and roundness, centralised lubrication system for mill
gear boxes and online stretch reducing mills for small
diameter tubes.
The January Issue
Welcome to the first issue of Tube & Pipe Technology
for 2011. I hope you find it an enjoyable read. This issue
features articles on straightening and finishing as well as
handling and packing.
During the course of the last few months I have travelled to
FABTECH in Atlanta and Tube China, with a trip to Dubai and
Tube Arabia just around the corner, and there was a general
consensus that the industry was looking in good shape to
get back to its strongest in 2011. Some jobs have been lost,
which is always very sobering but, of course, as the recovery
spreads around the world most companies will, with a bit
of luck, be more tightly run ships ready to make sure they
maximise all the opportunities that are starting to appear.
Some countries are still a way off entering recovery but the
ones that have show there is hope.
Please make sure you get in touch in time for the next issue
and send me all your latest news and developments as well
as articles for our features on inspection and automotive
tubes. Best wishes for the New Year.
Rory McBride – Editor
Editor • Rory McBride
Features editor (USA) • Dorothy Fabian
Editorial assistant • Christian Bradley
Production • Lisa Benjamin
Sales & marketing • Catherine Sayers
English speaking sales
• Giuliana Benedetto
Italian sales
• Hendrike Morriss
German speaking sales
• Doug Zirkle
US & Canada sales
• Linda Li
Chinese sales
• Jeroo Vandrevala
Indian sales
Advertising • Liz Hughes
co-ordinators • Andrea McIntosh
Subscriptions • Liz Hughes
Accounts manager • Richard Babbedge
Publisher • Caroline Sullens
Founder • John C Hogg
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