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custom made tool-holders and spares. USM will present the newest grade of Steelcraft USA guillotine blades, for which it is the European partner. In addition to these blades, the company can provide a wide range of circular saw blades (HSS and Cr-V steel) as well as bi-metallic band saw blades. USM will also take the occasion to present new machinery that protects against tube rust/oxidation. For inline installation, the steel entry shaving unit is used for pre-galvanised steel tubes, while the bead chopper system reduces the volume of outside scarfing bead to 1/20. The company provides many other devices and technical solutions to solve the main problems faced daily by tubemakers. USM will promote its position of European distributor for Dee Tee India. In this capacity, the company supplies custom made steel slitting knives, spacers and separators. A new agreement between USM and Metallindustria will also be made official during the exhibition. Due to this new agreement, the company will be present on the European market for the supply of wear resistant bronze alloy welding rolls and clamps for circular saw blades. A complete list of mechanical and hydraulic inside scarfing tools, together with carbide rings, will be available from stock. Valcovna Trub Tz as is a producer of thick- wall seamless steel tubes. The company uses Mannesmann technology for hot rolling of seamless steel tubes (pilger mill) to produce outer diameters from 60.3mm to 406.4mm and wall thickness from 6.3mm to 65mm. These products are made from carbon as well as alloy steel, with an annual capacity of over 100,000 thousand tons. Mannesmann technology ensures that the material is deeply and perfectly worked during the production process. This gives the final product unique mechanical and physical characteristics, suitable for usage in highly demanding conditions. The main material input is round, continually cast steel. Valcovna Trub’s parent company is Trinecke Zelezarny, the sole supplier of Valcovna Trub Tz as Czech Republic 7aC01 Website : www.usm.it

The range of used machinery includes second-hand plants and reconditioned lines for steel processing, slitting lines, tube production lines, cut-to-length lines for coils, hot and cold rolling mills, straightening machinery and lines for production of electrowelded net mesh. The company is able to supply used industrial plants that are revised with the most modern technologies, in order to satisfy the needs of a global market demanding technical reliability and suitable costs. Supply is available both for the Italian and international markets. The company’s selection of used plants is based on a range of factors such as machine age, number of spare parts, compatibility with the customer’s activity, and the possibility to upgrade the plant with advanced technology. › Urbano Pensotti supplies used and reconditioned industrial plants œ

steel in diameters over 300mm as a part of the integrated production process. The Slovak company Zeleziarne Podbrezova, a long-term and reliable partner to Valcovna Trub, is the main supplier of round billets of smaller sizes. Due for completion in the second half of 2008, the company is currently revamping and refurbishing its main production line, with an investment budgeted in hundreds of millions of CZK. The tubes are mainly used in highly demanding conditions, eg piping systems (steam pipelines) for nuclear and classic power plants or heat exchangers. These products are also used for oil, gas and water exploitation and distribution (API certified), geology, building and construction, machinery and the automotive industry. All products of Trinecke Zelezarny and Valcovna Trub Tz (and all other subsidiaries) are distributed to customers worldwide via the sales network of the joint- stock company Moravia Steel. › The tube products are available in outer diameters from 60.3mm to 406.4mm and wall thickness from 6.3mm to 65mm

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USM will exhibit a substantial range of top quality consumables as well as machinery and devices for steel tube manufacture. This product range includes the TDK ferrite cores officially and solely distributed in Europe by USM and all related items for impeder preparation, such as fibreglass casings of the lastest generation. The company will also present a complete list of standard assembly impeders – return flow and through flow types – and copper inductors. USM also manufactures custom made impeders and inductors. The company is a large stock holder of carbide and ceramic inserts for outside tube scarfing, together with standard and

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CJSC Tube Works Vsmpo-Avisma, a producer of titanium alloy tubes, is the daughter company of Russia’s JSC Corporation Vsmpo-Avisma, which supplies the company’s billets. During 2003-2007, there was a four-fold increase of Vsmpo- Avisma’s production of cold-finished tubes. production capability includes 350t of cold-finished titanium tubes, with a diameter range of 6-130mm and 0.5-9mm width thickness. In cooperation with CJSC Nikopol Tube Company, the company manufactures 200t The company’s annual

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