TPT November 2014

Industry News

Rafter ships pipe mill upgrade RAFTER Equipment Corporation has shipped an RT-5500 weld squeeze box for a major North American OCTG pipe producer.

final products, and gives us total control over both quality and turnaround times. “It’s also helped us to move into new sectors like oil and gas exploration.  We now need an additional CNC automatic lathe to service the latest wave of new business growth.” As a funder and broker, Academy Leasing was able to facilitate the operation by taking advantage of its own funds and extensive funding lines with a panel of banks and specialist finance houses. electrics were designed to integrate with the existing line electrics. Rafter manufactures tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming machines, cut-off machines, auxiliary and various other related tube and pipe mill machinery. Additional services including rebuilding and upgrading mill equipment are also available. Rafter Equipment Corp – USA Fax: +1 440 572 3703 Website: www.rafterequipment.com

capacity tapered roller bearings within the roll tools as well as a removable head roll assembly for quick-change. In addition to the weld box, the upgrade includes a new single-sided turkshead straightener with two-axis remote motorised adjustment with linear displacement transducers. The upgrade also included a sizing mill drive train upgrade. The existing single-motor, three-gearbox arrangement was replaced with three individual motor drive units. The drive

The box is part of an upgrade to the customer’s existing HFI pipe mill, and is sized for up to 177.8mm OD x 9.5mm wall (7" OD x 0.375" wall) HSLA steel pipe. The Rafter-designed machine includes motorised push-on-centre squeeze roll adjustments, linear displacement transducers, high

Shaw Metal Solutions grows METAL forming and spinning specialist Shaw Metal Solutions has increased turnover by 30 per cent for the second year running by investing in the latest state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. increase turnover and to expand into new markets.   “With capacity for large volume production or bespoke projects, we already pride ourselves on offering one of the most comprehensive metal forming packages in the UK,” said Shaw Metal Solutions managing director Georgina St Hilaire.

The company invested £35,000 in a new XYZ milling machine as part of ongoing expansion plans and is now planning for further growth with a new £150,000 CNC automatic lathe. Funding was secured from asset finance specialist Academy Leasing when the banks failed to deliver. The move will allow Shaw Metal to further

“By securing funding through Academy Leasing, we have now been able to invest in our own tool-making facility. This is a fantastic advantage which allows us to offer our clients a one-stop-shop for tooling, samples and

Shaw Metal Solutions – UK Website: www.shawmetal.co.uk

Roll forming equipment maker orders two ‘Weldac’ solid-state induction welders 

EFD Induction, one of the world’s largest induction heating companies, recently received an order for two of its ‘Weldac’ induction welders from a major North American roll forming company.  According to EFD Induction US sales manager Mark Andrus, the welders will be used to weld profiles and beams. “Yet again,” commented Mr Andrus, “companies with the highest productivity and quality demands turn to EFD Induction when choosing their induction welders. These orders underline the unrivalled throughput and reliability offered by our Weldac systems.”  Weldac is the name given to EFD Induction’s range of solid-state induction welders. Featuring patented driver innovations, Weldacs use rugged IGBT transistors that are virtually short-circuit proof. Weldacs also feature continuous electronic load matching. The use of diode rectifiers means Weldacs offer a high constant power factor of 0.95 at all power levels, while also eliminating the need for costly reactive power compensation capacitors. 

The Weldec induction welder

EFD Induction – Norway Email: knl@efdgroup.net Website: www.efd-induction.com

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