TPT January 2012

Diary of Tube Events

Trial facility for tube applications opens PLASMAIT GmbH, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and strip production, has opened a dedicated test facility for continuous annealing and cleaning of tubes. Tube manufacturers are welcome to test plasma heat and surface treatment on their materials at Plasmait’s facility in Lebring, Austria. The Plasma Treatment facility has been designed to perform heat treatment, degreasing and deoxidation on a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials with OD range between 0.1mm and 10mm. According to Plasmait’s R&D director, Peter Ziger, the dedicated tube trial facility is now available to all tube manufacturers who strive to improve the quality of their tubular products. Plasma treatment will benefit most the applications with demanding surface quality requirements or challenging annealing requirements. Such applications are usually found in sectors such as medical, precision mechanical and energy sectors. Other tube manufacturers may want to consider plasma annealing to reduce energy use, purging gas consumption or replace chemical surface treatments with dry, chemical-free degreasing, surface cleaning or deoxidation. Manufacturers of coated tubular products may find plasma surface preparation prior to coating or metallic plating also an area of potential interest. Since the introduction of plasma heat and surface treatment process in the wire industry in 2003 Plasmait has continuously improved the process and widened the application scope to include annealing and surface treatment of tubes and flat products. With over 50 deployments of plasma treatment lines worldwide Plasmait has established itself as a trusted supplier to the wire and tube industry.

2012 FEBRUARY

AMI Tube & Pipe Conference Cologne, Germany Conference

 Website : www.amiplastics.com

21-22

2 nd Middle East Steel Tube & Pipe 2012 Abu Dhabi, UAE Conference METAV 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

 Website : www.metalbulletin.com

22-23

28 Feb – 3 March

 Email : metav@vdw.de

Website : www.metav.com

MARCH

Tube / wire Düsseldorf 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de www.messe-duesseldorf.de

26-30

MAY

IFAT Ensorga Munich, Germany Exhibition Tube Russia 2012 Moscow, Russia Exhibition

 Email : info@ifat.de Website : www.ifat.de

7-11

 Email : ryfischd@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

28-31

JUNE

ITA Tube Conference Nashville, USA Exhibition

 Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.itatube.org

26-28

SEPTEMBER

Tube China 2012 Shanghai, China Exhibition

 Email : tube@mdc.com.cn Website : www.mdc.com.cn

25-28

OCTOBER

EuroBLECH Hanover, Germany Exhibition

 Email : info@euroblech.com Website : www.euroblech.com

23-27

Tube India Mumbai, India Exhibition

30 Oct – 1 Nov

 Email : dughl@md-india.com Website : www.tube.india.com

NOVEMBER

Fabtech / AWS Welding Show Las Vegas, USA Exhibition

 Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fabtechexpo.com

12-14

Valve World Expo Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.messe-duesseldorf.de

27-29

2013 JANUARY

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Website: www.plasmait.com

Tube Arabia Dubai, UAE Exhibition

 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.messe-duesseldorf.de

7-10

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