TPT September 2008

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the Multi-Axial PowerDrill is the most powerful and versatile portable drilling tool available. EH Wachs Company provides onsite machining equipment for the oil, gas, water, and power generation industries. A comprehensive line of standard products is complemented by custom engineering and manufacturing of equipment for specialized machining applications.

The Flexmaster line of machines comes complete with an innovative clamping concept for tool free tube production. The concept avoids tool changes and cycle time loss, and any associated costs. In addition, the production cell Flexistar can change the diameter automatically without an increase in cycle time after each rolling and welding process. The machine is program controlled (within the machine parameters), and any diameter or tube length can be rolled and welded at a lot size of 1. This totally eliminates tool costs and changeover times. The automatic diameter adjustment for rolling and welding is the core of the unit. The tube is guided with the help of outside positioned, flexible clamping rails underneath a fixed welding source, which continuously welds. With this unique process, the production from blank to the finished welded tube is completely automated. The welded tubes can be immediately processed for subsequent operations. The current machine concept is designed for diameters of 2-16″, with lengths between 10-90″, and metal gauges of 0.008″ to 0.100″. Tubes can now be continuously produced with a total cycle time of less than 20 seconds. Typical applications include chimney tubes, tubes for exhaust systems, catalytic systems and double/triple-walled tubes such as metal bellows. Established in 1988, weil engineering currently employs over 100 people globally and is headquartered in Germany. The company has an extensive network of numerous sales representatives around the world and has a subsidiary Weil Engineering North America LLC in Michigan. Website : www.weilengineering.com

 The multi-axial PowerDrill from EH Wachs

The company designs and manufactures all products at its Lincolnshire facility, with a global sales and distribution network. It has operated in the Chicago area for over 125 years, and is ISO 9001-2000 certified. Website : www.wachsco.com

weil Engineering USA

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weil engineering, a leader in the manufacture of special welding systems, provides rolling and welding technologies in combination with innovative control engineering. This technology is used for the production of high quality, short tubular products for the automotive, heating, ventilation and housing industries. The company is focused on high tech tube production lines and laser applications. Weil engineering especially focuses on durability and safety, such as machine enclosures in welding constructions, easy access and fully automatic handling using standardized components. The company will introduce its revolutionary clamping concept for thin- walled tubes, which enables short tube production without tool change. Over the last couple of years Weil engineering has developed a broad range of tube production lines, all of which display a high level of automation.

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