TPT May 2021
The international magazine for the tube and pipe industry
The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries
MAY 2021
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Airmo Inc...............................................................................12 Alfa Laval..............................................................................64 Alu-Point. ..............................................................................20 Amada Weld Tech.................................................................45 Ametek Land.........................................................................49 ASED....................................................................................39 battenfeld-cincinnati..............................................................24 Bültmann GmbH. ..................................................................26 Byron Products. ....................................................................31 Camcon Auto. .......................................................................60 Capcellence............................................................................7 Combilift................................................................................25 Conex Bänninger..................................................................62 Côntrole Mesure Systèmes...................................................26 EFD Induction.......................................................................43 EMMEDI................................................................................33 EMO MILANO 2021..............................................................14 ESAB. ...................................................................................34 euroTECH.............................................................................20 EWM AG...............................................................................47 Fives. ....................................................................................28 framag Industrieanlagenbau.................................................27 GF Piping Systems...............................................................63 Global Industrie.....................................................................16 Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT.....................................36 Hypertherm.............................................................................6
InfoSight................................................................................19 ISEND...................................................................................48 KASTO..................................................................................41 Kemppi....................................................................................6 Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG...........................................19 Lincoln Electric......................................................................21 Linsinger Maschinenbau.......................................................31 Paul Horn GmbH...................................................................46 Rohmann GmbH...................................................................38 Rösler....................................................................................66 Shanghai Steel Tube Industry Association............................20 Sica.......................................................................................22 SSAB. ...................................................................................58 Strohm. .................................................................................64 Superior Tube. ......................................................................55 Tata Steel..............................................................................55 TechnipFMC..........................................................................58 Thermatool............................................................................14 TMK. .....................................................................................54 transfluid. ..............................................................................32 TRUMPF.........................................................................10, 50 Uniflex Hydraulik GmbH........................................................60 Unison.....................................................................................8 Viking Extrusions. .................................................................65 WITT-Gasetechnik................................................................56 Xiris Automation....................................................................56
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The May Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. After a year that saw much of the world locked down, there is a lot of speculation about when and where a bounce back will take place in economies around the globe. While the picture is still very variable, I
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was somewhat heartened to read reports that indicate the beginning of 2021 saw a sharp increase in steel demand as factories and infrastructure projects started up again. While of course metallurgical plants are still recovering from the operational downtime incurred during the lockdowns – and some countries are facing further waves of Covid-19 – the recovery of the automotive sector and other downstream industries has occurred at a faster pace than expected, generating the conditions for strong steel demand. This shows how industries like tube & pipe can never be kept down for long. They are too important to how our planet operates. The editorial deadline for the July issue is 27 May. It will have four main features: straightening technology & equipment; finishing & end finishing; plastic & composite tube production; and software for design, production & management. The Tube Products INTERNATIONAL section will have a focus on tube handing & logistics and fittings, valves, flanges & connectors. Please send any editorial for TPT or TPi to: rory@intras.co.uk
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On the cover . . . Steelcraft Tool Company has a long history, having served the tube and pipe industry for more than 75 years. It has been manufacturing the
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highest quality cut-off blades for the tube and pipe industry for most of this time. Steelcraft exclusively uses M-2 high-speed steel to ensure the customer gets the highest quality, flattest, best performing cut-off blades in the industry. Steelcraft was the first company to introduce the use of blade coatings to increase production and decrease downtime and scrap. You can choose from a wide array of special coatings including titanium nitride, TICN and more. To find out more about Steelcraft and its products, head to: steelcrafttool.com Don’t settle for less cuts than what you should be getting. call +1.734.522.7130 USA email sales@steelcrafttool.com visit www.steelcrafttool.com We’ve been making cut-off blades better and longer than any one else in the industry.
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HYPERTHERM, a manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has announced the release of Rotary Tube Pro™ 3, a major version update of its tube and pipe cutting software for machines with a rotary axis. This new release contains numerous additional features and enhancements making it easier to design and cut tube parts. The features include common line cutting, which allows operators to cut two or more parts so that they share at least one common line with one another, which provides greater material utilisation and better consumable life; costing for parts, nests, and jobs to include factors such as consumable wear, machine operating cost, labour costs and electricity; and auto-select of material so operators
“With Rotary Tube Pro 3 we have responded to our customer base and added features and enhancements that we believe help take a big step forward,” explained Steve Bertken, product manager for Hypertherm CAD/CAM software products. “With common line cutting, users now have the ability to completely eliminate scrap between parts, potentially reducing their material costs and achieving better overall efficiency.” Customers with an active maintenance plan can upgrade to the new version at no additional charge and continue to receive unlimited technical support and other benefits.
An update of the tube cutting software has been released
can enter basic material descriptions in settings and automatically map to available materials. With this feature, operators no longer need to separately pick a material and thickness once a tube size and wall thickness is selected.
Hypertherm www.hypertherm.com Gerben van den Berg appointed as Kemppi vice-president of global markets
FINNISH family-owned welding com- pany Kemppi Oy has announced that GerbenvandenBerghasbeenappointed vice-president, markets. In his posi-
tion he will lead the Kemppi global sales organisation from its Netherlands base. His predecessor, Mr Hannu Jokela, will continue working within Kemppi Oy in the role of director, market development. Mr van den Berg has extensive work experience within international sales, sales channel and business management. He joins Kemppi from the Dyson EMEA BtoB sales organisation where he has worked as general mana- ger Europe, Middle East and Africa. “I am pleased to welcome Gerben van den Berg to Kemppi. I am also happy that Hannu Jokela and Gerben van den Berg will manage a smooth transition process by working together,” said Ville Vuori, CEO, Kemppi Oy.
“I’ve heard great Kemppi success stories and the strategic direction inspired me. I’m honoured to be part of Kemppi, and I feel it is not just about joining a company that has an iconic brand and portfolio, but also about being associated with a unique corporate history and story. “I look forward to leading the sales organisation to reach its targets,” Mr van den Berg said. “I’m also glad to be able to work closely with my predecessor Mr Jokela who will continue his outstanding career at Kemppi Markets organisation.”
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Capcellence acquires THE Machines Yvonand SA CAPCELLENCE is excited to announce the acquisition of THE Machines Yvonand SA together with the manage- ment team, CEO Wolfgang Reith and Co-MD Felix Ferreiro. THE Machines is a Swiss-based technology leader in the field of manufacturing equipment and services for drip irrigation and multi- layer pipes (metal and plastics). THE Machines pipe production lines and manufacturing components are globally known for their production speed, efficiency and quality. Capcellence will support the manage- ment team, which is excited to have made the leap from managers to co- owners, to drive the growth of THE in new regional markets, customer seg- ments and within its services portfolio. Out of its production sites in Yvonand and at THE’s subsidiary Pro Tool AG at Herzogenbuchsee, more than 300 production lines and components have been delivered to global customers in more than 40 countries to date.
7-10 September 2021 TOLexpo (Lyon, France) International Exhibition 8-10 September 2021 Tube India (Mumbai, India) International Exhibition 13-16 September 2021 FABTECH (Chicago, USA) International Exhibition 16-18 September 2021 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, China) International Exhibition 4-9 October 2021 EMO (Milan, Italy) International Exhibition
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30 November – 2 December 2021 Shanghai International Tube Industry Expo (Shanghai, China) International Exhibition
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Tube bender makes light work of life-saving Halo system and other titanium structures
UK-BASED SST Technology has invested in a Unison Breeze all-electric CNC tube bending machine. This investment has not only assisted the company in becoming the only British- based precision fabricator authorised to produce the life-saving Halo titanium driver protection system, as used in Formula One, but it has also equipped the business to complete numerous complex structural projects involving titanium tube – including roll-cage structures for military vehicles and aerospace components. The machine, a Unison Breeze 130mm large diameter multi-stack tube bender, was purchased to help SST produce high-performance optimal-flow exhaust systems for Formula 1, IndyCar and other motorsport sectors. With a pedigree in motorsport components and a powerful new tube bending machine to hand, however, SST’s thoughts quickly turned to driver safety. The exceptionally tight material control, production parameters and dimensional tolerances provided by the all-electric Unison Breeze tube bender, combined with SST’s considerable experience in the development and manufacture of ultra-precise fabri- cations, led to the company’s Halo design securing FIA conformity for use in Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula E motorsport and being adopted by several race teams. SST’s Halo design requires the precise bending of titanium tube of 4mm wall thickness. Titanium, however, is notoriously difficult to bend. With low uniform elongation typically requiring a much greater bend radii than other metals, titanium does not readily lend itself to being formed – a characteristic that makes creating tubular structures for aerospace and motorsport applications particularly challenging. For successful tube forming, the material must be compressed on the inside of the bend and stretched on the outside, while wall thinning and ovality of the tube have to be kept to very tight tolerances. Traditionally, ‘hot bending’ – a process involving the use of super-heated tooling – has been used to overcome the challenges of bending titanium.
However, the very process of hot bending presents a number of issues. For example, the use of super-heated tooling requires considerable care and can present a hazard to operators; complex modifications must be made to bending machinery, and tooling heat-up times are lengthy. By contrast, Unison’s infinitely controllable and robust all-electric machines enable the safe, precise cold bending of titanium. With advice and application support from the technical team at Unison Ltd, SST was therefore able to develop a cold-bending process for its Halo design that allowed for the low elongation of the metal and delivered precise results. “To successfully cold-bend titanium, factors such as material quality, tooling configuration, machine design and flexibility of control need to be considered,” commented Unison key account manager, Steve Haddrell. “This is because any variation in material quality, any lack of rigidity in the mechanics of the bending machine and any failure to achieve repeatability time after time will invariably lead to failure. With exceptional power, optimal rigidity, precise mechanical motion and all-electric control for accurate, effortless repeatability, we knew the 130mm Breeze was the ideal machine for precision-bending SST’s Halo design. With material quality assured, it really came down to working with
SST to establish the correct tooling configuration and programming of the Unison Unibend machine operating system.” “Investing in the 130mm Unison Breeze machine has clearly paid dividends,” said SST Technology’s group business development director, Daniel Chilcott. “Tool changes are rapid, pro- gramming is incredibly user friendly, while the automatic setup ensures uncompromising levels of accuracy and repeatability. Sufficiently impressed with the capabilities of our 130mm machine, we have also purchased a smaller 65mm Breeze model for the production of more intricate pipework and parts for aerospace and gas turbine applications. Combining this capability with our AS9100REVD accreditation means we are perfectly set up to support leading aerospace propulsion, fluid and air system OEMs.” The Unison Breeze 130mm tube bender purchased by SST is well suited to manipulating exotic alloys such as titanium and Inconel, as well as Super- Duplex stainless steels and provides high-quality thin wall bending. Multi- stack tooling allows the most complex of parts to be formed in one uninterrupted manufacturing cycle, while Unison’s bar code scanning system ensures that only the correct tooling is installed. The standard-fit rise and fall pressure die can result in significant savings in tooling costs and allows tools of very different radii to be used on a part within a cycle. The tube bender can be programmed manually or fromCAD data using industry standard IGES or STEP files. “At Unison, we are often invited to advise customers on particularly challenging tube bending projects,” concluded Mr Haddrell. “That’s partly because of the immense capabilities offered by our tube bending machines. AssistingSSTon establishing the optimal tooling configuration of their Unison Breeze machine for the production of the life-saving Halo device, however, is one of the most rewarding projects we have been involved in.”
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TRUMPF continues to invest in smart production INDUSTRIAL machine manufacturing company TRUMPF has opened a new smart factory at its headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany. themselves how efficient sheet metal fabrication works.
The smart factory is divided into three production halls that cover a total of 5,000m 2 and, along with Chicago, USA, and Taicang in China, Ditzingen has become the third TRUMPF location to have a fully connected manufacturing facility. The TRUMPF showroom in the UK is a starting point for British manufacturers to explore the latest Trumpf technology live in action. It has been upgraded with the newest sheet metal machinery for laser cutting, bending, punching, laser marking, power tools and to provide all the resources for companies to create, fine-tune and analyse smart factory solutions that best suit their specific needs and budget. Also new is an interactive virtual showroom tour that enables customers to keep up to date with the latest TRUMPF technology from the comfort of their own offices.
“We have 30 machines connected to each other in our new smart factory. Connectivity helps reduce scrap rates and processing time as well as boosting efficiency. Nowhere else in the world offers our particular mix of problem-solving skills for sheet metal fabrication,” said Heinz-Jürgen Prokop, chief executive officer, machine tools at TRUMPF.
Designed as a fully connected manufacturing environment, the new facility is already producing sheet metal parts for the company’s machine tools. The smart factory also serves as a demonstration centre – a place where SMEs and other businesses can see for
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TRUMPF smart factory at the Ditzingen HQ, Germany
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Airmo Pressure Technologies celebrates 75 th anniversary with tube end forming machine
TO CELEBRATE its 75 th anniversary, Airmo Inc has released a new and improved multi-functional high-pressure end forming machine. The SelectForm ® Model 400 Hydraulic Power Pack is designed specifically to meet the power source needs for Airmo end forming tools. The Hydraulic Power Pack Unit (HPU) is equipped with valves and circuitry to reliably operate hand-held and modular end forming tools. The standard
The Model 400 hydraulic tube expansion machine is easy to operate. users can simply insert the tube into the tool and actuate the electronically operated foot switch. The system cycles auto- matically, producing a finished form in 2 to 5 seconds. End forming tools can be quickly changed over using NuQuip ® high-pressure quick disconnect couplers. The SelectForm Model 400 hydraulic power pack
Model 400 Hydraulic Power Pack is supplied with an integral oil-to-air heat exchanger for cooling the hydraulic fluid to provide a continuous duty cycle. A new integrated PLC will allow the operator to perform multi-switching of tools to greatly improve end-forming efficiency.
Airmo SelectForm hand-held or modular tooling produces expansions, reductions, beads, flares and other shapes on the end of tubes. Tool mounting can be customised or mounted to the top of the hydraulic power pack using optional stand and clamps.
is manufactured to customer specifi- cations. Systems can be dedicated and highly automated to a single fixed task or designed to handle a variety of applications.
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Large manufacturer chooses Thermatool’s HAZControl™ technology HF welder
TODAY’S tube and pipe manufacturers are required to have increasing versatility in the creation of products for their customers that also adhere to the strictest quality standards. To date, most welding equipment has been used in singular applications that restrict a manufacturer’s ability to produce multiple products on the same production line. Meanwhile, some manufacturers have adopted new, variable output, precise heat input control, HF welding machines that give them the flexibility to win more business by producing multiple products as orders come in. To meet this growing challenge, Thermatool has started producing variable frequency HF welders, offering a range of welding frequencies. The stabilised power output is available from 50kW to 2000kW, which allows manufacturers to produce 1.5" diameter pipes in the morning and 3.5" pipes in the afternoon if they wish, combined with Thermatool’s easy-to-use operator console that stores ‘recipes’ for future use. “When we were running the electric resistance welding copper wheel system previously, we had to make sure the seam was straight up, the profile was just right, and start the welder by producing scrap to allow the copper wheel to heat up before everything was ready to go,” explained the plant
fabricate, and, once started, the system takes over right where it left off and adjusts automatically from there.” Peter Meglin, director of sales at Thermatool, said: “Thermatool contin- ually focuses on providing tube welding process knowledge to our customers so they can optimise their mills. This focus provides proven HF welder performance.” Thermatool’s machines give operators the ability to maintain a stable welding frequency and stable power output, even at low power levels. That means every tube has the same weld quality, from start-up to full speed to shut down, and scrap is kept to a minimum. “We knew going to an HF welder would consume less power than the copper wheel,” the plant engineer of the cooling equipment manufacturer explained, “So we installed a power data logger to see exactly how much power we saved: with our Thermatool machine, we’re utilising 54 per cent less energy compared to the weld wheel system we used to have. In addition, we’re not consuming any power at all on standby mode. Plus, we’ve seen our run time percentage reduced by 50.1 per cent while our mill speed increased by exactly 25 per cent. It’s miles ahead of what we’ve had in the past.”
engineer of the cooling equipment manufacturer. “But now that we have a Thermatool machine with HAZControl™ technology, all that we have to check before starting the high frequency welder is that the recipe profile that we’ve saved in our system matches the pipe we plan to
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The world of metalworking at EMO Milano EARLIER this year, a press conference for the South Korean public was held to present EMO Milano 2021, the world exhibition of reference for the metalworking machine tool manufacturing industry, scheduled to take place at Fieramilano in Italy in October 2021. Seoul – Korea. The conference involved more than 40 participants – among machine tool manufacturers, representatives of local organisations and journalists – who followed the conference in live streaming. in machine tool consumption worldwide, expected to grow by +18.4 per cent to €61bn, (Asia €33bn, +15.6%; Europe €17bn, +23.5 per cent; Americas €12bn, +19.7 per cent).
If we observe single countries, all of them should experience a demand recovery, likely to continue also in 2022 and in 2023. Focusing on Europe, in 2021 both Italy (€3.1bn, + 38.2 per cent) and Germany (€5.7bn, +20.9 per cent) should again see a plus sign with regard to investment in production technologies.
Promoted by CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries, EMO MILANO 2021 will take place at Fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October, when the recovery of investment should already have started. Indeed, according to the forecasts processed by Oxford Economics, after a 23.4 per cent fall registered in 2020, the year 2021 should bring about a recovery
The speakers of the meeting, which was streamed online, were Mr Luigi Galdabini, general commissioner of EMO Milano 2021, Mr So-Ahn Kang, director general at the Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association, and Mr Vincenzo Calì, Italian trade commissioner – Italian Trade Agency
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Global Industrie announces relaunch programme to help the manufacturing sector
INTHEwake of the French government’s relaunch plan, Global Industrie has set up a long-term programme: GI Relaunching Booster. The goal is to bring players in the sector together to boost the relaunch of the French economy and industry through a series of complementary events designed in a coherent way by the organisers. One consequence of this initiative is the rescheduling of Global Industrie Lyon to the 7-10 September 2021 at Eurexpo. “I would like to thank the organisation for having decided to postpone and not cancel the Global Industrie exhibition. Global Industrie has been the largest industrial exhibition in France for two years, it must take place. French industry, to which I attach so much importance, awaits it,” said Bruno Le Maire, minister of the economy, finance and recovery. As soon as the first lockdown ended,
global industrie offered the first digital exhibition event, global industrie connect. Today, in line with this change, the GI Relaunching Booster programme is inaugurating five business booster events, which correspond to five major objectives: being inspired, meeting up, preparing, concretising and supporting. Being inspired with GI 360 is a bi- monthly programme, which will make a 360° review of the sector in a broadcast focusing on an overview of business conditions, to anticipate the economic and industrial recovery and schedule launches and production; a debate on a topical technical issue to detect the technologies best suited to their needs; and a 360° virtual tour of amanufacturer’s site to highlight the factories of the future and detect new partners. Offshoots of the business meetings, which take place at the exhibition, GI Business Meetings are a series of high-
quality one-to-one meetings between exhibitors and a selection of core target decision-makers. In ‘real life’ or digital, they are held on a given theme and in a predefined city. By moving across the country, GI Business Meetings further facilitate exchanges between customers and suppliers. The theme of each edition strengthens the guarantee of a fruitful exchange and the concretisation of business projects. “Global Industrie was created to defend our country’s industrial excellence. The health crisis we are going through is an opportunity for Global Industrie to reinvent itself to prepare better for the future. We are more determined than ever to fulfil our mission as a business facilitator and support the whole sector.”
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Welding End Facer & Threading Machine
Uncoiler
Forming & Sizing Mill
Slitter Line
Shear & Welder
Auto Packing Line
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InfoSight Corporation hires Eric LaChapelle as technical sales specialist INFOSIGHT Corporation, the creator of unique metal barcoding tag solutions for all industries, including the tube industry, has announces the expansion of its sales team. Jiangsu Lihuai Iron & Steel orders Kocks 3-roll technology for third time JIANGSU Lihuai Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Huaigang Special Steel) has placed an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG, Germany, for the supply of an RSB ® 500++/4. Huaigang Special Steel (HSS) is a subsidiary of the Shagang Group, which is the sixth largest steel producer in the world and one of the largest privately owned industrial enterprises in China. The Kocks RSB ® will produce straight bars within a dimension of Ø70 to 160mm and will be located as a finishing unit after the intermediate mill consisting of 6 stands in horizontal/vertical arrangement. With the implementation of the biggest Kocks RSB ® 500++/4 in the existing bar mill line, it is the third Kocks block for HSS that will be commissioned following previous orders in 2010 and 2019. This offers HSS the opportunity to produce high-quality special steel in various batch sizes to further expand its market share in the SBQ market. The commissioning is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de
New Compact Weldac A small revolution Sometimes, big things come in small packages, or, as in the case of the new Compact Weldac, in a small cabinet. Less than 1300 mm tall, this high-output solid-state welder uses minimal space while yielding a lot of power. • The most power in a small cabinet • Output power upto 300 kW in a single cabinet • Small footprint, fast installation, easy to retrofit • High-efficiency SiC inverters • 91% efficiency from mains to the welding coil • Unmatched uptime and efficiency • Can be set up for Industry 4.0 factory network
The sustainable choice EFD Induction’s new Compact Weldac lifts the climate action of the tube and pipe industry to new heights. Its high efficiency saves energy and reduces cooling water consumption.
Regional technical sales specialist, Eric LaChapelle, has joined the team and will bring identification solutions to the industries of the upper northeast US.
PUTTING THE SMARTER HEAT TO SMARTER USE
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InfoSight www.infosight.com
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Shanghai Steel Tube Industry Association SHANGHAI Steel Tube Industry Association was founded in April 2000 in Shanghai, China. There are 150 members belongs to the association, which is based in east China.
Its member’s products include seamless tube (hot-rolled and cold-rolled), welded pipe (ERW, SSAW, LSAW, LBW, PAW and GTAW), double metal composite pipe, cold-formed hollow section and finned tube. The materials include stainless steel, carbon steel and special alloy. It was established in 2020 in order to help member companies avoid potential risk in International business. SSTA holds import and export early warning meetings with member companies including Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Shanghai BSW Petro-pipe Co Ltd and Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Technology Co Ltd. All of these meetings are aimed at helping members develop and improve their international trade.
Shanghai Steel Tube Industry Association www.gghy.org
Shanghai Steel Tube Industry Association is based in east China
Alu-Point uses automated saw from euroTECH ALU-POINT, a company based in Hannover, Germany has successfully lowered its production time and achieved a considerable boost in productivity thanks to an automated saw guide from euroTECH Vertriebs GmbH. includes vacuum components, vacuum lifting devices, vacuum suction boxes, vacuum robot equipment and testing devices. A highly efficient team of design engineers and technicians work closely with the company’s customers in developing proposals. It supervises the entire production process from the initial design to the final handover.
Alu-Point uses saws to cut its mate- rials with extremely narrow tolerances to meet its clients’ needs precisely. The company recently found itself in need of a provider who could supply an individ- ual solution to automate its Saw Guide process and increase its overall produc- tion speed. Mr Otte added: “We wanted to use a loading system that would auto- mate our Saw Guide process to save us time and ramp up our productivity.” Its search ledAlu-Point to the Swabian company euroTECH Vertriebs GmbH in Geislingen. euroTECH offers integrated handling and transport solutions in the field of vacuum technology and develops customer-specific vacuum systems and components for automated handling tasks. Its product portfolio
According to Thorsten Otte, managing director, the new system simplifies the loading process of the dividing saws. He said: “With our own warehouse and logistics department, we have been providing expert consultancy and precise processing services in the fields of aluminium, non-ferrous metal, stainless steel and technical plastic. “We offer both machining and forming processes. Customer support, reliability and punctuality are the principles that guide our daily business,” he added.
euroTECH’s result is a loading system that can control three positions within the sawing area from the output area. The 22m portal runs along the back of the saw, loading it with panels made from a wide range of materials (aluminium, non-ferrous metals, technical plastics) from the rear end. The saw uses the profibus system to request the material, while the computerised portal monitors all requirements. A high-powered vacuum unit controls the mechanical intake system, which prevents surface damage to the panels. An integrated separating unit ensures smooth operations and increases production security. Mr Otte added: “We at Alu-Point especially liked that euroTECH were always easy to reach and that there was always a member of their service team on site. Our collaboration produced good results very quickly. Our employees and I are very pleased with the outcome.”
A loading system that can control three positions within the sawing area from the output area
Alu-Point www.alu-point.de euroTECH www.eurotech.com
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Lincoln Electric wins award from Ethisphere for ethical business practices
LINCOLN Electric Holdings has been recognised by Ethisphere, a global company that defines and measures corporate ethics, as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 2021. Lincoln Electric has received this distinction for four consecutive years and is the only honouree in the Machine Tools and Accessories industry. In 2021, 135 honourees were recognised spanning 22 countries and 47 industries. “We are proud to operate by a higher standard with a longstanding commitment to integrity and ethics in all that we do,” said Christopher Mapes, Lincoln Electric’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Our guiding principle is The Golden Rule, and it has shaped our business and the trust we have earned from all of our
stakeholders,” Mr Mapes continued. “We are honoured that our team’s unwavering perseverance and commitment to our values was recognised by Ethisphere again this year.” The World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and initiatives to support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of our organisations across industries and around the globe. This year, the process was streamlined and the question set expanded to gauge how applicants are adapting and responding to the
Lincoln Electric has received this distinction for four consecutive years
global health pandemic, environmental, social and governance factors, safety, equity, and inclusion and social justice. “While addressing the tough challenges of 2020, we saw companies lead – above all other institutions – on earning the trust of stakeholders through resilience and a commitment to ethics and integrity,” said Ethisphere CEO, Timothy Erblich. “Congratulations to everyone at Lincoln Electric for earning the World’s Most Ethical Companies designation.”
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Cut pipes, cut costs and become a green manufacturer SICA, an Italian pipe machinery manufacturer, has gone green to contribute to a sustainable world with its new ‘green machines’. Its investment in research and development are geared to machines that reduce process costs, reduce energy and material consumption and avoid plastic dust and chips recycling, assuring a clean and safe environment. One example of how the company achieved this is the patented solution to cut and chamfer PVC pipes without removing material. After years of research, Sica is now promoting a saw that warms up a portion of the pipe, cuts it with a parting knife and then creates a bevel by shaping the heated portion instead of using a chamfer tool that removes material, which creates dust and/or chips. It is a big innovation that allows a noiseless cut and avoids the expensive need for recycling material, cleaning the environment around the saw, and also downstream. In fact, with traditional saws, even when there is an excellent vacuuming system for dust and chips, they cannot completely avoid chip depositing on the saw mechanism or on the cut pipe. Therefore, pipes will always carry part of the scrap material with them on their way towards the belling machine or the end of the line. Avoiding environment pollution and reducing costs is important in order to give the world a chance if it is to be preserved for the well-being of future generations, according to Sica. Another interesting innovation in the field of cutting swarfless pipes is the patent pending electric saw for HDPE, PP-R, multilayer and PVDF pipes. Each cutting movement is electric, therefore silent, precise and extremely repetitive. In particular, for the movement of the cutting arm, the machine has been equipped with an innovative extremely compact servo-actuator, which integrates the motor and gear unit, and which guarantees (when compared to other electric actuators available on the market) superior thrust forces even at high speeds, impact resistance, complete absence of vibrations and high efficiency. These all translate into the superior final quality of the cutting process.
Sica www.sica-italy.com
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Successful large-diameter pipe installation in Mexico by battenfeld-cincinnati
HDPE PIPE specialist Policonductos SA de CV, based in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, has started to produce large- diameter pipes with diameters up to 1,600mm. For this purpose, the plastics processor purchased a complete line from battenfeld-cincinnati Germany GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, which was recently installed and successfully commissioned. The special feature of this large- diameter pipe extrusion line is its pipe die, which comes with the largest melt gap ever produced, and thus enables the production of pipes in a wide range of different diameters without conversion. At the world premiere of this largest adjustable melt gap for large-diameter pipe dies, at K 2019, it was already clear that this die would subsequently be shipped to the new customer Policonductos. battenfeld-cincinnati had
impressed this pipe manufacturer with its overall line concept and the high dimensional flexibility provided by the adjustable melt gap. “We are absolutely enthusiastic about the range of options offered by this new line. So we have not only been able to expand our product range to include large-diameter pipes, but we can now also produce pipe dimensions to individual customers’ specifications without any problems”, said Homero Garza, general manager at Policonductos, who praised the machine manufacturer after the first weeks of production with the new line. With this large-diameter pipe extrusion line, which in addition to the new pipe die is equipped with an extruder of the latest generation, a solEX 120 NG, as well as all upstream and downstream components, such as gravimetric metering, EAC internal pipe cooling, vacuum tanks, spray cooling baths, haul-off and cutting saw, Policonductos reaches an output of up to 2 t/h. It makes HDPE pipes with a colour stripe for fresh water supply, sewage disposal and mining applications with dimensions ranging from 406 x 12.5mm to 1.651 x 97.1mm. The recently delivered line belongs to the series of
fast dimension change (FDC) systems, which battenfeld-cincinnati has been marketing successfully for a number of years. Up to now, FDC lines were available for pipes with diameters ranging from 160 to 250mm, 200 to 355mm and 400 to 630mm. With the new pipe die, the first step has now been taken towards a completely new dimension for pipes up to 1,600mm in diameter. There are no comparable systems on the market. An adjustable melt gap makes particularly good sense wherever the pipe manufacturer desires to produce varying pipe dimensions on its line and to respond fast and flexibly to market trends. More or less at the push of a button the pipe die switches over to a new pipe dimension. A major advantage is safe handling. Especially for large pipes like those produced by Policonductos, a die change would be necessary on a conventional line, which would not only cost an enormous amount of time, but would also be a safety hazard due to the large size. Both these drawbacks are now eliminated.
battenfeld-cincinnati www.battenfeld-cincinnati.com
The machine produces large-diameter pipes
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