TPT July 2015

Technology News

Redesigned pin-end greaser

OCN has developed and produced machines and equipment for the metal industry at its site in Udine, Italy. It has a strong reputation in the field of non-ferrous metals and specialises in extrusion run-out systems and drawing machines for brass, copper, aluminium and steel tubes and bars. It is in precisely these fields that Asmag is pursuing its strategic aim of further extending its product portfolio to offer its customers the broadest possible range of equipment in the production of tubes, bars and profiles. Customers of OCN worldwide have come to value the innovative expertise that the company has developed over the course of nearly forty years in the design and production of such equipment. Asmag is looking forward to utilising the significant advantages of this quality-orientated industrial synergy. lubricant onto the pin end of threaded pipe. This device complements the company’s automatic coupling ID greaser. PMC-Colinet Belgium has developed a rotating product coupling cell arrangement that produces a fully machined, inspected, coated, painted and stencilled coupling from incoming mother tubes, while minimising personnel requirements. The company’s USA-based rotating tool group recently completed shop floor tests of a commercial tube finishing line that includes two ½" to 4" nominal OD, high-output CNC threaders, automatic coupling starter and protector applier. The protector applier is equipped with the pin end greaser. The protector applier and the coupling starter are each equipped with automatic feeders to maintain the 900+ pieces/hr output of the line. All four of these machines are mated to a common walking beam table. All of the equipment is mounted on a common sub-base, piped and wired to minimise installation time at the customer’s plant.

TARGETED investment in core competencies plus global expansion, leading to stronger market presence – these are the declared and consistent goals of Austrian company Asmag, manufacturer of special purpose machinery and industrial equipment. By acquiring the Italian machine engineering company OCN on 12 May 2015, the company took this strategy another significant step forward, gaining not only immediate access to OCN’s plant assets, patent rights and specialist expertise, but also a new sales subsidiary and technical office in Italy. OCN’s product portfolio perfectly complements Asmag’s current product range and represents another milestone in the Austrian company’s evolution to meet its defined goals in the market as a full-range supplier. Founded in 1977, PMC-Colinet is a machine tool builder that has been serving the steel tubulars industry for more than 100 years, with a focus on end-finishing equipment for pipe and coupling threading applications. The company produces rotating product and rotating tool threading machines, as well as the related handling equipment, durable and perishable tooling, installation and training services to provide a complete equipment package from a single supplier. Product mix, not product geometry, determines the threading technology best suited for the job. The company’s engineers identify this technology with customers during the discovery phase of each project. PMC-Colinet designs and builds a full line of tube end-finishing machines that includes pipe cut-offs, bevellers, threaders, coupling starter and buck-on equipment, short-stroke and full-stroke drifters and automatic protector applier equipment. The company recently introduced a completely redesigned pin- end greaser that automatically applies a programmable volume of thread

Automatic coupling greaser

PMC-Colinet – Belgium Fax: +32 6467 3267

Email: sales@pmc-colinet.be Website: www.pmc-colinet.com

PMC-Colinet – USA Fax: +1 440 944 1974

Email: sales@pmc-colinet.com Website: www.pmc-colinet.com

Asmag on course for expansion to become full-range supplier

OCN’s forward thinking approach will integrate seamlessly into Asmag’s existing operations, as customers of both companies have been able to depend on high quality, as well as innovative and individual solutions in the field of tube, bar and profile production for many years. Whether for extrusion, pointing, drawing, straightening, cutting and chamfering, finishing, stacking and bundling or material handling, Asmag is a choice for special purpose machinery and plant equipment and claims that it does not rest until it has designed, manufactured and put into operation the best possible solution for the customer.

Asmag – Austria Website: www.asmag.at Website: www.ocn.it

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