TPT November 2008

Eurolls SpA Italy

IMEC Tubes Italy

Founded in 1997, Eurolls SpA is a leading company in the production and design of rolls, made of steel and sintered materials. The Eurolls capacity covers rolls for tube mills up to 24″. With customers located worldwide, the company has a capacity to produce an average of four thousand rolls per month, together with steel rolls and tungsten carbide rolls for different applications. Eurolls subsidiaries – which include Eurolls de Mexico, Eurolls do Brasil, and Iber Eurolls in Spain – are fully equipped for wire and tube rolls production and regrinding and are able to guarantee a quick and full response. Eurolls also offers advice on refurbishment of tube mills and training of customer personnel. Innovative equipment for roll polishing, heat treatment facilities and a sintering plant were incorported into the company’s production programme last year. The control of each step of production, starting from the entry of raw material to the final dimensional control of each piece, is the primary concern of the ISO 9001 certified company. Website : www.eurolls.com

IMEC Tubes develops and produces tube processing lines, using more than a decade’s experience to offer turnkey solutions for tube finishing, handling and bundling. The company analyses specific production requirements and develops custom-built layouts, offering a new series of patented machines to provide safe and efficient solutions.

or remove any cage station (straight edge forming system) within the current tube mill roll tool layout. This is undertaken via the built-in tool browser where the forming lineal can be positioned between the existing forming stations. Website : www.data-m.com  The principle of the cage forming (or linear forming) system with modelling in Copra

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DB Engineering (P) Ltd India

 IMEC Tubes produces custom-built solutions for tube finishing, handling and bundling

DB Engineering manufactures forming rolls under the Atlas brand, together with tube cut-off blades and alfa shears. The company’s roll manufacturing shops use state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, including CNC machining and turning centres, bore, OD and profile grinding machines, and finishing and polishing machines. The heat treatment shops have atmosphere-controlled furnaces with automatic controls and recording of heat treatment processes, and a metallurgical lab. DB Engineering has comprehensive in-house design facilities, including special computer software that aids the building of designs to customers’ requirements. The company’s inspection facilities include the testing of steel, computer simulation of designs to locate stress and wear areas in production, and the checking of accuracy and consistency of profiles, surface finishes

IMEC’s product range includes scarfing, rolling, brushing, end facing, storage, bundling, coiling and quality control (air- water and eddy current). A highlight of the company’s range and one of its latest designs is the patented permanent magnetic inside bead system. The system does not need a generator or tow-bars, and activates and de-energises magnets using an electric input. This ensures operator safety, avoiding problems with the magnetic field, and

Guangzhou Hongda China

Founded in 1988, Guangzhou Hongda Steel Co Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of steel tube and pipe. The company’s main product is stainless steel tubes, while the company is also able to produce a range of other pipes, particularly seamless carbon steel pipes. The production range for stainless steel is OD from 4mm to 325mm and wall thickness from 0.5 to 15mm. The available size for seamless carbon steel is up to 18". Website: www.hongda-steeltube.com

allows rolling on small ID tubes. Website : www.imec-tubes.com

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