TPT March 2008

AddisonMckee USA

Aguzzi Srl Italy

8aD48

5B16

Tube bending and end-forming technology specialist, AddisonMckee, designs, manufactures and supplies precision tube manipulation machinery, and provides solutions for increasingly complex automotive, aviation, furniture and shipbuilding tube bending requirements. At Tube 2008, the company will launch two new hybrid (electrically and hydraulically powered) Databend models, as well as Addicheck, the company’s newly developed non-contact tube measuring device. It is also intended that a Powerbend PB42 with tooling stack and optional push-bend will be on display.

F.lli Aguzzi Srl is a manufacturer of steel piping, water pipelines and steel penstocks. The company, which operates various plants in Italy and abroad, started its production of large diameter steel tubes with a spiral cold-forming and welding plant (by double submerged arc). The production also includes longitudinal welded tubes and related special components and fittings, including bends, branches, flanges, joints and heavy welded items. Spirally welded, large diameter steel tubes are available from 600mm to over 3,200mm in diameter, and from 5.6mm to 22mm in thickness. The company also produces plate-formed, longitudinally welded steel tubes, special pieces and components for higher pressure applications with thickness over 22mm. The company also operates automatic end-preparation lines that provide bevelling for butt jointing or roll formed headings for spherical or cylindrical lap or socket joints. The lines also enable preparation and protective coating of the tubes by internal lining and external coating protection. Pipes can be delivered at the standard 13.5m length, or other lengths as required. The company is active in many sectors, covering (water) pipelines, hydraulic power penstocks, foundation and consolidation works (on- or off-shore), large vessels, and heavy structures. F.lli Aguzzi Srl is a partner to many civil works contractors. Its offering spans the provision and erection of construction plants, including all necessary machinery and ancillaries, supervision at the start-up of production, full construction by qualified staff, and field assembly via welding and relevant non-destructive controls.

› View of the flying cut-off

The company offers assistance during the project phase and during installation. Adda Fer also provides after-sale service and supply of spare parts and assistance. The company’s development projects include large investments in Italy and abroad, in order to increase its production capacity and to open new business areas. Meccanica Adda Fer overhauls second- hand machines or machines with deficient production, completely revamping them and equipping them with advanced automated and electronic systems. The construction of new plants is the main activity of the company in terms of turnover, including machines for coil working and electro welded tube production. Lines for the production of electro welded tube include complete profile lines for tube diameters from 1" to 16", machines for the finishing and testing of tube, and automatic packing plants for tube. Lines for the working of steel coils include slitting lines with a thickness up to 14mm, and cut to length lines.

› Addisonmckee’s Powerbend PB42 CNC tube bending machine

One of the new Databend models to be introduced, the DB89CBE, provides a multi- stack tooling, single-radius, cost-economic option for those customers not requiring the considerable 9-axis adjustability of AddisonMckee’s DB75 ESRB. The other new bender, DB20ESRD, further strengthens the company’s product range for customers bending smaller diameter tubing typically for use in vehicle brake systems and air-conditioning. The new Addicheck model embraces AddisonMckee’s latest software technology for non-contact tube measurement, and benefits from the development expertise that was used to create the Addata ‘G’ Plus measuring solution. It provides levels of capability and functionality more suited to mid-market tube manipulation organisations. The Addicheck offers extremely simple operatation and a competitive, non-contact probe measuring solution. It affords greater accuracy over contact tube probe inspection machines.

› The 8" tube line’s forming stands

Website : www.fratelliaguzzi.it

Recent plants include a new establishment for the production of tubes of diameter up to 8". For this project, the company supplied a slitting line (1,650mm x 8mm), a complete 8" tube line with inline normalisation system and automatic packing machine, a plant for the finishing and marking of tube, and a plant for hydraulic testing of tubes up to 13m. Website : www.addafer.it

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