TPT March 2015

Industry News

Rafter ships weld squeeze box RAFTER Equipment Corp has shipped an RT-2000 HFI weld squeeze box to a North American producer of mechanical tubing. with wall thicknesses from 1.2 to 2.8mm (0.049" to 0.109"). The design includes optional AMPCO ® aluminium bronze roll yokes with anti- seize properties.

process and ensure good alignment of re-used upstream and downstream components. Rafter Equipment Corp manufactures tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming machines, cut-off machines, and other related tube and pipe mill machinery. Additional services include rebuilding and upgrading mill equipment.

The box is part of an upgrade to the customer’s existing Yoder M-2 tube mill. The purpose was to provide stronger, more reliable design that was better able to survive the customer’s relatively harsh environment, and to run higher yield-strength materials. The weld box is sized for 15.9 to 63.5mm (0.625" to 2.5") OD steel tubing

Features were included to protect the sliding surfaces from mill particulate build-up. In addition to the weld box, a custom machine base was provided to replace the existing weld area base. The new base was beneficial because it will expedite the installation

Rafter Equipment Corp – USA Fax: +1 440 573 3703 Website: www.rafterequipment.com New vice-president of operations at EFD Induction Group

Kongsberg Automotive, where he served as director of business line interior. Prior to Kongsberg Automotive, Mr Pająk worked for Star Trucks/Man Nutzfahrzeuge and AIC SA in a number of operations and engineering roles. “I’d like to welcome Artur Pająk aboard,” said CEO Bjørn Eldar Petersen. “He brings significant experience from the global automotive industry to EFD Induction, and he has keen insight and leadership that will prove invaluable to us as we work to safely and reliably deliver induction heating solutions to the world’s leading manufacturing companies.”

EFD Induction Group, a maker of induction-based industrial heating solutions, has announced the appointment of Artur Pająk as vice- president of operations.  “I’m of course excited to be joining EFD Induction,” said Mr Pająk. “The company has an enviable customer base and a global presence. That, plus the fact that we have excellent applications knowledge and equipment technology, means we are well positioned to become even more successful.” A Polish national, Mr Pająk holds a Master and Engineering Degree from Radom University of Technology, as well as an Executive MBA from Warsaw University of Technology Business School. He joins EFD Induction from

Artur Pająk of EFD Induction

EFD Induction – Norway Website: www.efd-induction.com

Herr-Voss Stamco launches new website

supplies coil processing solutions including tension levelling, slitting, cut-to-length, multi-blanking, precision roller levelling, enhanced levelling technology (ELT ® ) and high strength slitting technology (HS2T™).

wide range of products and services Herr-Voss Stamco offers to the metals industry. Additional new features include a .pdf option on the product pages for ease of printing, an installation map showing the thousands of equipment installations Herr-Voss Stamco has worldwide, and a link to the new HVS mobile app. Herr-Voss Stamco

HERR-Voss Stamco has created a new website, with more user-friendly navigation as the focal point of the design. The homepage welcomes visitors to the two distinct business segments: coil processing solutions and mill service solutions. It offers customers a direct and informative tool to navigate through the

Herr-Voss Stamco – USA Email: sales@herr-voss.com Website: www.herr-voss.com

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