TPT January 2016

January/February 2016 Vol 29 No 1

The January Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. This issue we have features on inspection, testing & quality control and welding technology, equipment & consumables. We also have two in-depth

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articles, from Metalube about water-based steel rollforming packages and from Schwarze-Robitec on tube resource efficiency in shipbuilding and plant construction, as well as all the latest industry and technology news. Next issue is our special Tube Düsseldorf show issue, so please do submit your editorial to be included in plenty of time as it always proves a popular and busy issue. The magazine will be widely distributed at our two stands at this fantastic show so it is a great opportuninty to let readers know precicely what you will be exhibiting and where your stand is located. I hope to see many of you at the show. You can find us in the North Hall at stand EN03 or Hall 4 at 4B27. In the forthcoming March issue we also have features on coiling and uncoiling technology, and tube scarfing systems and tools. The deadline for editorial is 7 January so please submit your stories to rory@intras.co.uk. The advertising deadline is 8 February.

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I hope you enjoy the magazine.

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On the cover . . . From sheet metal strip to finished tube – SEUTHE is the one-stop source for standardised plant equipment and entire lines. In close cooperation with its customers, SEUTHE

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Metalube’s water-based steel rollforming packages deliver new levels of performance at Top Tubes By Wayne Thornhill, product specialist, Metalube

customises and tailors equipment and machines to fit to customers’ exact requirements when it comes to worldwide steel tube and section production.

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Innovation. Precision. Productivity.

Innovative technology and various tube mill concepts for different requirements are in the product portfolio giving SEUTHE its excellent reputation – and its customers a competitive advantage. SEUTHE can now offer both groups more than ever since the owner-managed ASMAG group acquired the company in 2010. In-house production, the technology alliance between both companies, the high quality standards and in-depth know-how of SEUTHE in the manufacture of machines and equipment for the production of longitudinally welded tubes and sections have catapulted the company all the way forward again – for the benefit of the customer.

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Tube resource efficiency in shipbuilding and plant construction By Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jürgen Korte, sales manager, Schwarze-Robitec