TPT July 2024

INDUSTRY

Gonvauto Asturias invests in antirust and advanced tube saw blade lubrication system

we don’t wash off the oil applied prior to cutting. This has greatly reduced our oil consumption whilst improving the protection on our products.” The Dietronic saw blade lubrication system has the control system and oil tank remotely mounted from the saw carriage to reduce weight load. A specially designed spray nozzle with three outlets ensures precise application of cutting oil on all areas of the blade teeth. An additional low temperature cold gun spraying air at -20°C reduces the cutting temperature and increases saw blade life. The combination of the Antirust system together with the minimum quantity lubrication of the saw blade ensures that the tubes and profiles exit the mill fully protected against corrosion during storage and transportation.

IN May 2024 Gonvauto Asturias, part of the Gonvarri group, with headquarters in Spain, ordered a new Dietronic Antirust 08 system for one of its precision tube mills located in Corvera, Northern Spain. The order follows the previous installation of a Dietronic advanced saw blade lubrication system on the same tube mill in February 2024. The MQL saw blade system is installed on a tube mill producing precision tubes for automotive applications in the range 40mm to 130mm in diameter and equivalent profiles. Adrián Fernández, production manager at the Asturias plant, said: “We chose Dietronic for the Antirust and saw blade system to improve the quality and control of oiling on our products. It was extremely important to accurately apply the amount of rust prevention oil to the tubes and consequently maintain the protection during the cutting phase so

Gonvauto Asturias has ordered a new Dietronic Antirust 08 system for a precision tube mill located in Northern Spain

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Tube and pipe industry legend George Mitchell has sadly passed away aged 96

Carolynn “Lynn” Bean, whom he married on 19 April, 1968; three children – Pamela Mitchell, Mark Mitchell and Stephen Heck; three grandchildren – Kristen, Nina and Ian; six great grandchildren and a great-great granddaughter as well as his sister, Patricia Logue. President of George A Mitchell Company Paul Russo said: “His legacy will live on in his company and the employees who serve and support the business that he has built over the last 60 years. He always said ‘We don’t just have customers, we have friends.’” George A Mitchell Company has designed and built many hundreds of push pointers, more than 100 cold forming machines and numerous associated layouts of material handling equipment. It also possesses

TUBE and pipe engineering stalwart George Mitchell, 96, sadly passed away on 31 May 2024 at his home, surrounded by his family. Mr Mitchell began his career working part time at Crescent Machine Co in Ohio, when he was just 14 years old. He became interested in tube fabrication in 1950 when he joined Ohio, US-based Lombard Corporation, a manufacturer of aluminium extrusion presses. He spent 70 years working as an engineer before retirement. Mr Mitchell started the George A Mitchell Company in Ohio in 1963. The company continues to design and manufacture cold forming machines and hydraulic push pointers for tubular and bar products. In 1973, he founded the George A Mitchell Manufacturing Company, a full-service

George Ansley Mitchell sadly passed away at the end of May 2024

numerous patents on draw bench design. Mr Mitchell was still active in the company until relatively recently, as well as enjoying travelling around the world to trade events. He was still skiing as a hobby well into his 80s. Please visit www.beckerobits.com to share memories and condolences with Mr Mitchell’s family.

machine shop that specialised in tooling for the tube industry. Mr Mitchell holds several patents, including a method for producing tubing of variable wall thickness patented in 1985. His significant influence on the industry was recognised in 1999, when he and the George A Mitchell Company received a Tube and Pipe Industry Outstanding Contribution Award from the Tube and Pipe Association International. Mr Mitchell is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former

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