TPT-January-2015

January/February 2015 Vol 28 No 1

The January Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. This month we have a feature on welding technology, equipment and consumables and a fascinating technical article on the manufacture of crimping dies in UOE welded pipe plants from Shandong SiFang

Rory McBride – Editor

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Technical Development Co Ltd, as well as all the latest news and technology updates from the tube industry. Also in this issue is a show feature on the BORU 2015 trade show, which will be held in Istanbul from 26 to 28 March. Several members of the magazine team will be in this magnificent and historic city so please do come to our stand and say hello. In the March issue we will have features on tube extrusion and end forming; inspection, testing and quality control; and drilling, piercing and punching technology. The magazine will be distributed at two shows – TUBE Russia 2015 in Moscow and Made in Steel in Milan, Italy. The editorial deadline for submissions is 8 January 2015 and the advertising deadline is 21 January. Finally, I would like to wish all of our readers a very happy and enjoyable festive period and a healthy and prosperous New Year. Enjoy the magazine. On the cover . . . Shandong Province Sifang Technical Deve l opmen t Co i s a t echn i ca l enterprise from Shandong Province in China that was initially established by a group of scientific and technical expe r t s . I t a ims t o es t ab l i sh a “technologically innovative strategic alliance of the Chinese steel pipe and cold roll-formed steel industry”. It has passed through ISO9001:2000 quality system authentication and ISO4001:2004 environmental system authentication. The company also has a large research and development team that constantly looks at new metal materials with a focus on resistance to abrasion and materials that are resistant to heat and the many new types of production processes that can otherwise cause problems with materials. New products which have been developed by the company to high international standards include high chromium alloy straightening rolls, high chromium alloy rolls for large ERW welding steel tubes and cold formed steel, alloy guide discs for seamless steel tube mills, alloy guide plates for seamless steel tube mills and heat resistance alloy castings for furnaces. VOL 28 NO1 US$33 JANUARY 2015 The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries Rory McBride – Editor

26-28 March 2015

87 ARTICLE: NEW MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE OF CRIMPING DIES IN UOE WELDED PIPE PLANT By Li Xin-wen, Zhou Gui-de, Li Jian-xin and Su Qi-shuang from Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Shanghai, China and Shandong SiFang Technical Development Co Ltd, Jinan, Shandong, China

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