TPT January 2016

Technology News

Orbital tube processing equipment AXXAIR manufactures and sells a complete range of orbital tube processing equipment, from cutting, facing and bevelling to orbital welding machines. Its research and development department is continuously developing the products and adding innovations to improve customers’ productivity and satisfaction. are suited to helping increase productivity

through simple and easy operation. The auto-calculation function adapts the parameters, from diameter, thick- ness and material to configuration information. The colour touchscreens display the main functions very simply and intuitively in order to have a very quick learning process. The closed head range is also growing. The new models include the SATF-40MI, SATF-

Axxair has therefore revisited the complete range of orbital open heads, launching a new smaller model, the SATO-40 with water cooling and wire. This model is necessary whenever the package around the tube is tight and the access difficult. The other models, SATO-80, SATO- 115, SATO-170 and SATO-220, have been improved with a more compact design, for a lighter machine with an ergonomic approach. They all have mechanical tracking through a tracking ring which avoids marking the outside shape of the tube. The wire fixing has also been improved in order to follow the main hosing and therefore keep a lower package. All these models can be upgraded with the AVC/OSC/WIRE module, allowing the user to weld thicker pipes up to 12.7mm (½") thickness. All the models can be equipped with an angular head drive to better adapt to the working environment. Powered with a range of orbital welding power sources, these machines

diameter, and is claimed to be unique in the market. It can clamp from 12mm to 115mm. It can also be equipped with two tool holders to allow facing and edge bevelling on tubes. This model is for the workshop as it cannot be lifted on the tubes. This model will be completed soon with a DC221, which will allow the facing of tubes up to 220mm. Through subsidiaries and a network of distributors Axxair can serve customers in more than 60 countries around the world and offers a global approach from prepping to automatic orbital welding on tubing and piping.

65MI and SATF-115MI. These heads are directly compatible with all AMI power sources that are equipped with auto calibration. The facing range is completed with two new models. DC115-AM2 is a collet system facing machine driven by a Metabo motor. This model allows similar tool adjustment to the smaller model DC65. It can be equipped with two tool holders and is suitable for customers that want a real burr-free square cut in semi- conductor industries and pharmaceutical industries on electro polished tubes. The model DC115-BM2 is a concentric clamping facer that allows the clamping of a wide range of tubes to be faced without having to buy one collet per

Axxair – France Website: www.axxair.com

Clean room in operation at Sikora AG

probability of external contamination and achieve the best possible test results,” said Klaus Bremer, project manager for the Purity Scanner. The new clean room for the Purity Scanner was positively tested and perceived by many customers. Further material tests are also planned in Bremen and can still be requested on short term. When purchasing the device, charges for material tests are refundable.

THE Purity Scanner laboratory and developing area at Sikora was extended with a new clean room in 2015. Due to the constantly filtered air and the slight overpressure in the room, plastic materials can be tested for impurities under clean room conditions. This provides the perfect conditions for reliable detection and sorting results by the Purity Scanner. “Thanks to the implementation of the clean room, we are able to work with the smallest

Klaus Bremer, project manager, Purity Scanner

Sikora AG – Germany Email: sales@sikora.net Website: www.sikora.net

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