TPT July 2013

Industry News

HAZControl installed ONE of North America's top producers of API products has completed the installation of a 1,200kW HAZControl™ Technology Dual (induction/contact) Solid State HF Welder and three Thermatool ® Seam Annealers at its manufacturing facility. in induction or contact mode on the same mill, reducing changeover time between products. The equipment’s intelligent software provides stable, precise heat input control of power and frequency independently in 1kW and 1kHz increments. The welder is used for welding 6 5 / 8 " through 20" OD

14mm at speeds up to 25m per minute. Three Thermatool ® Seam Annealers were installed to eliminate untempered Martensite in the weld seam as required by API specification. Thermatool’s Seam Annealing system is coupled with Smart Anneal™ software – an easy to use operator control system. Smart Anneal automates and simplifies many operators’ tasks, the key to repeatable

results and scrap reduction. Thermatool Corp – USA Website: www.thermatool.com

The manufacturer’s new Thermatool ® HAZControl™ Technology Variable Frequency Dual Welder can operate

P110 and other API grade steels with wall thicknesses between 7.1mm to

15 years of lifting innovation COMBILIFT Ltd, the specialist

listen to customer feedback as major factors in the company’s success: “The latter has been pivotal for new product development. As there is no one typical set of requirements for individual applications our production line was configured at the outset to offer a very high degree of customisation. We also use standard and readily available components so that our products can be easily maintained and serviced wherever in the world they are being used.”

specific requirements. This not only compromised safety procedures but was also time consuming and required large areas to be set aside for manoeuvring and storing products. The concept of a truck that could change the direction of its wheels to move forwards, backwards and side to side at just the touch of a button changed the face of materials handling: over 18,000 units have since been sold in more than 75 countries, and what was once seen as a niche solution for a few select applications is now an industry standard. Managing director Martin McVicar cites substantial investment in R&D, customisation and the willingness to

manufacturer of the Combilift 4-way forklift range as well as other innovative products, is celebrating 15 years in business in 2013. Established in 1998 by Martin McVicar and Robert Moffett, the company has achieved growth and success on a global scale in the materials handling sector and is now renowned in the market for long load handling solutions. Before the arrival of the Combilift – the first engine-powered, all wheel drive multi-directional forklift operations that needed to handle and store long loads had to rely on a combination of other types of forklifts, none of which was actually designed for their

Combilift Ltd – Ireland Fax: +353 47 80501 Email: info@combilift.com Website: www.combilift.com

Celebrating Combilift’s 15 th anniversary

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