TPT November 2013

Industry News

YouTube video campaign for customer support

(machining) versus torch cutting and grinding for weld preps. The Trav-L-Cutter video illustrates the machine’s uses in the field, industries to find the equipment, preliminary specifications and machine operations. Each of the videos can be viewed on the EH Wachs YouTube channel, at www.youtube.com/user/ehwachs/videos

Users can better budget labour time with the Pipe Cutting and Weld Prep Calculator. The newest Wachs video is ‘Oil & Gas, Refining Pipe Repair & Pipe Maintenance’. This video demonstrates machines in the field; where you would find the equipment; benefits of using cold cutting equipment; and simultaneous cutting and bevelling. The ‘Pipeline Maintenance Equipment’ video exhibits machining methods, applications, weld preps and benefits of using cold cutting

WACHS has added four new videos to its YouTube channel. The videos highlight products and tools designed to help project managers, welding contractors and field machinists estimate production times, specify products and generally learn more about pipe cutting, bevelling, and weld prep best practices. Viewers can learn about the Wachs Online Cut Time Calculators via the YouTube website, to calculate estimates when bidding on a pipe maintenance or pipe repair job.

EH Wachs – USA Email: info@ehwachs.com Website: www.ehwachs.com Quality achievement award

standard release NormaConnect V profile clamps to Paccar’s DAF trucks since 2006. Norma Group manufactures a wide range of engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories – clamp, connect and fluid – and offers more than 30,000 products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 100 countries. and quick

must maintain a quality system in compliance with QS-9000, ISO/TS 16949 or ISO 9001 for 2008, and pass Paccar’s supplier readiness review. “The Paccar 50 PPM award is a great distinction for Norma Group,” commented Norma CEO Werner Deggim. “It reflects the dedication of all Norma personnel to deliver the highest quality product solutions, and also our commitment to always meet and exceed customer expectations.” Norma Group has been supplying

NORMA Group has earned Paccar Inc’s quality certification for a second consecutive year. The 50 PPM award is presented to an elite group of suppliers who achieved a defect rate of 50 parts per million (PPM) or less during 2012. Paccar evaluates its suppliers’ services on a rolling six-month performance basis. Its award criteria also include warranty claims, the production parts approval process (PPAP), and on-time delivery. Suppliers

Norma Group – Germany Website: www.normagroup.com Corinth Pipeworks orders JCOE large-diameter pipe mill

from the SMS Meer Business Area in operation. With the new JCOE ® large- diameter pipe mill, the company is now completing its range of production techniques for pipe welding. The new mill is scheduled for commissioning in the first quarter of 2015.

from 18" to 56", wall thicknesses up to 40mm and pipe lengths up to 18.3m in high-strength steel grades up to X100. The annual capacity will be 400,000 tons. The pipes from Corinth Pipeworks will be used by its customers in future energy supply projects – for example in the Mediterranean region, the Gulf of Mexico, Latin America, West and East Africa and in the North Sea. Corinth Pipeworks already has an HF welded pipe plant and a spiral pipe mill

CORINTH Pipeworks from Athens, Greece, has signed a contract with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a JCOE ® large-diameter pipe mill for longitudinally welded pipes. With this investment, Corinth Pipeworks is expanding its product range in order to meet the growing worldwide demand for high-strength pipes for oil and gas extraction and transit. The new mill will be able to produce longitudinal submerged-arc welded (LSAW) pipes with outside diameters

SMS Meer GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2161 350 1862 Email: info@sms-meer.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

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