TPT March 2014

Industry News

Tube Russia 2014 gets closer THE 14 th Metallurgy Litmash, Tube Russia, Aluminium/Non-Ferrous follows on from the successful event held in June 2013. Taking place from 3 to 6 June 2014, the trade fair will again be staged at the Moscow fair grounds Expocentre. event attracted a total of 330 exhibitors and 10,850 visitors from 51 countries to Moscow. Of the visitors, 95 per cent were trade visitors, and 68 per cent came from top and middle management. The amount of foundry technology visitors increased considerably over the previous year.

enterprises in the modernisation or construction of new production lines in the country is rising constantly. German manufacturers are both sought-after suppliers and investors. For Metallurgy Litmash, Tube Russia, Aluminium/Non- Ferrous this means that the demand for high-calibre ranges from international manufacturers is also rising. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 4560 8548 Website: www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

The trade fair trio confirms once more its leading function as the most important trade and contact platform for the metallurgical and tube sectors in Russia and its neighbouring states. The quality metal and tube processing and finishing range offered at the 2013

The Russian market for machinery and equipment is lucrative, and forecasts say that demand for metal working machines in Russia will triple by 2016, reaching an annual volume of €2.5 billion. The investment made by Russian and foreign

Taylor-Wilson supplies hydrostatic pipe testing machines for higher grades

and flexibility. This machine will also be designed to facilitate maintenance and quick tool change. The Taylor-Wilson hydrostatic pipe testingmachineswere the first to address alternative pressures that the American Petroleum Institute (API) implemented to deal with the ever changing demands in drilling for oil in deeper and harder to find areas throughout the world. The machines are capable of testing tube and pipe with OD from less than 25mm to over 660mm. Designs can accommodate plain end or square cuts, API line pipe ends, threaded and coupled ends, mill sawed or pierced ends. Driving progress with engineering solutions since 1911, Fives Bronx offers a wide range of industrial equipment sold under the brands of Abbey, Bronx and Taylor-Wilson, and is a top manufacturer in the steel finishing industry for tube, pipe, bar and section straighteners, hydrostatic pipe testing machines, rotary cut-off and end-facing equipment, collapse testing machines, material handling equipment and other ancillary finishing equipment. Fives Bronx – France/USA Email: fivesbronx-sales@fivesgroup.com Website: www.fivesgroup.com/fivesbronx

has the ability to test beyond the standard API grades, and is capable of testing up to premium Cr13 pipes at over 1250 bar (18,130 PSI). With a maximum diameter of 406.4mm (16") and a heavy wall thickness up to 50mm (1.97") the end load of 8,944kN (2,010,620 pounds) is one of the highest Bronx has ever manufactured. With over 45 Taylor-Wilson hydrostatic pipe testers in production, this machine will push the limits of small batch processing while still providing the highest quality

FIVES Bronx, the global supplier of Bronx straighteners, Taylor-Wilson finishing equipment and Abbey ERW pipe mills, provides pipe testing machines engineered to reduce delays on the finishing floor during the testing phase. Fives Bronx Inc has received an order for a Taylor-Wilson hydrostatic pipe tester from a German company providing premium tubular solutions primarily serving the energy markets. This technically demanding machine

Taylor-Wilson hydrotester

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