TPT March 2013

Furnaces and

heat treatment

Luvata introduces longest jointless hollow conductor

with hollow conductors. “Every joint in a magnet causes not only additional work, but they’re also a major risk for leaks despite very careful inspection of the joint,” commented Paula Tappola, Luvata product manager for hollow conductors. “In most cases a leak inside a magnet cannot be repaired and the whole magnet must be replaced with a new one, causing significant down time and substantial costs.” Commonly requested dimensions and shapes of Luvata hollow conductor profile tools includes round, oval, square and rectangle. Luvata’s solutions are used in industries such as renewable energy, power generation, automotive, medicine, air-conditioning, industrial refrigeration and consumer products. Luvata – Finland Fax: +358 2 626 5337 Email: paula.tappola@luvata.com Website: www.luvata.com

Hollow conductors are used in a number of applications including particle accelerators, MRI scanners, plasma research devices and induction furnaces. Unlike traditional hollow conductors, Mileon gives manufacturers the option for large continuous coils or the flexibility to specify the optimum length, reducing the amount of scrap and packaging materials required. Mileon hollow conductors are completely jointless and produced in long continuous lengths, measured in hundreds or even thousands of metres. Made from high purity oxygen- free copper, Mileon delivers electrical conductivity of 101-102 %IACS and thermal conductivity of 390W/km. The newest cancer treatment instruments are carbon-particle therapy instruments, which are used to direct a concentrated beam into a tumour without hurting the surrounding healthy tissue. These instruments use powerful, water-cooled resistive magnets wound

LUVATA, a leader in metal solutions manufacturing and related engineering services, has introduced Mileon TM , claimed to be the longest seamless hollow conductor available.

Luvata’s new Mileon seamless hollow conductor

CMI to supply tube furnace to Veridiam

quality requirements. Components included in the furnace are natural gas fired combustion system utilising ceramic (SiSiC) radiant tubes throughout; self-recuper-

CMI Industry has gained an order from Veridiam, Inc, USA, for a roller hearth furnace for the bright annealing of stainless steel tubes dedicated to nuclear and medical applications. CMI Industry Americas will manufacture the furnace in its workshop in Salem, Ohio, USA. Full commissioning of the furnace is scheduled to be completed by November. The contract will be managed by CMI Industry Americas. Dave Boyce, CEO, commented, “With this order, CMI Industry demonstrates its added value in the market of bright annealed tubing, and in the tubing heat treat market in general.” Veridiam, one of the leaders in the stainless steel tubing industry for both nuclear and medical applications, chose the best technologies to reach its specific metallurgical and surface

Single ended radiant (SER) burner installed on roller hearth furnace

cold complexes to steel-makers, with unparalleled references in rolling mills, coating lines, furnaces, chemical treatment installations and special equipment. CMI designs solutions for reducing the environmental footprint of all types of industrial installations, and its solutions are adapted to the specific needs of each customer. CMI Industry – Belgium Fax: +32 4 330 2582 Email: welcome@cmigroupe.com Website: www.cmigroupe.com

ative burners with efficiency of approximately 70 per cent; high purity furnace insulation to allow constant 100 per cent hydrogen atmosphere operation; atmosphere jet cooling system with variable frequency control for rapid jet cooling; main gas safety and atmosphere safety systems; and PLC control system with touch screen interface. CMI Industry designs, supplies and modernises mechanical, heat and chemical treatment equipment and industrial efficiency solutions. In particular, the company supplies

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