TPT November 2018

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Tube India and Metallurgy India 2018 DURING times of fundamental global, economic and political change it is more important than ever to expand worldwide technical competencies in order to compete internationally.

The Indian trade fair trio wire India, Tube India and Metallurgy India will aim to do just that for the seventh time from 27 to 29 November 2018. In cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf India, Messe Düsseldorf has hosted these three leading trade fairs in India successfully for many years. More than 400 exhibitors from 25 countries have registered for the event so far. As well as many Indian exhibitors and companies from neighbouring countries there are exhibitors from Germany, Italy, Austria, the USA and China. Around 12,000 international trade visitors are expected to attend. Exhibitors from throughout the world will be showing the latest machinery and equipment, state-of-the-art technology and services from the fields of wire and cable making, tube production, tube processing and metallurgy at the Mumbai Convention and Exhibition Centre. At wire India 2018, machinery and equipment for wire production and finishing, forming, spring making, cable and strand making, tools and auxiliaries

Tube India 2017

Tube India 2018 covers the complete spectrum of products and machinery ranging from tube production and finishing through tube processing and raw materials to tubes and tube accessories, tube trade, tube production machinery, second-hand machinery, process engineering tools, auxiliaries, measuring, control and inspection technology.

for process engineering, measuring and control technology as well as all types of wires, cables and sheet metal can be found. Companies exhibiting at Tube India 2018 will include Wafios AG, Sikora AG, Saarstahl AG, Conoptica AS, Sampsistemi Srl, Mario Frigerio SpA, Maillefer Extrusion Oy, Mexichem Specialty Compounds Ltd, Rosendahl Nextrom GmbH, Buss AG, Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH, Mair Research SpA, Officine MTM SpA, Tata Steel Ltd and Inductotherm Pvt Ltd.

Tube India International 2018 – India Website: www.tube-india.com

Shihang hires pipe manufacturing specialist SHANGHAI Shihang Copper Nickel Pipe Fitting Co, a manufacturer of CuNi 90/10 and CuNi 70/30 pipes, flanges and pipe fittings, has hired Mr Wen, a copper-nickel specialist, as part of the company’s restructuring plan to improve quality, and increase productivity and manufacturing capability to meet demand for copper nickel pipes in the global market. pertise in the copper nickel pipes manu- facturing process and quality testing.” Mr Wen will oversee the working of the newly updated copper nickel manufacturing plant. Shihang has invested in a new 55 kN direct extrusion press, a 300 t hydraulic elongator, a 35 kN indirect extrusion press and an Otto Junker furnace, alongside other quality control equipment. quality testing laboratory by investing in new equipment. The new quality testing equipment includes Spectro spectrograph, hydrostatical testing and tensile machines. Shihang has adopted strict quality control for the chemical composition and mechanical property of copper nickel pipes.

By hiring a new workforce, Shihang can now produce seam welded cunifer pipes with an outer diameter of over 368mm. This is part of Shihang’s expansion plan to join the few companies that manufacture these pipes with a maximum weight of 5,000 kg. Shanghai Shihang Copper Nickel Pipe Fitting Co, Ltd – China Email: sales@shshihang.com Website: www.shshihang.com

Currently, Shihang can produce between 70 and 100 t of copper-nickel pipes per month. It has also improved the DN 125 and DN 150 copper nickel pipe manufacturing efficiency, with 50 pieces (6m long) every day. With the new QC team, which Mr Wen will be part of, Shihang has improved on copper nickel pipe tolerance thickness from ±10 per cent to ±5 per cent. This comes after Shihang upgraded the

Mr Wen will be in charge of operations, and responsible for the copper nickel plant manufacturing process and quality control while working with the Shihang R&D team. “At Shihang, we continue to invest and upgrade in modern manufacturing technology, while hiring an experienced and innovative workforce,” said Kurt Yang, Shihang’s export manager. “Mr Wen brings years of experience and ex-

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