TPT September 2009

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S eptember /O ctober 2009

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FABTECH, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, and welding exposition, will be held from 15-18 November and this year features 1,000 exhibitors with an expected audience of more than 35,000 from around the world, making it the place to be seen for anyone looking to learn about the latest developments in the industry or to make new business contacts.

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96 Tube Southeast Asia 2009

The robust markets in Southeast Asia have faired far better than many others during the global economic crisis, and Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, along with the economic super power that is China, are each showing signigicant signs of growth for 2010. That’s why this year’s Tube Southeast Asia, which takes place in Bangkok from 13-15 October, is set to be one of the biggest and best exhibitions of state-of- the-art technology ever to take place in the region.

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98 Advances in Cutting, Sawing and Saw Blades

Manufacturing tubes and pipes to precise specific- ations is only half the job. If anything the cutting and sawing process must be even more accurate and offers less room for error, which is why some of the most sopisticated machines and biggest innovations in the industry come from companies that specialise in cutting and sawing, as this issue's latest special focus on cutting clearly illustrates.

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T echnical A rticle

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Wall thinning during tube bending By B Lynn Ferguson, PhD Metallurgical; Zhichao (Charlie) Li PhD Mechanical of Deformation Control Technology (DCT); Tim Kreja, manager of new product development, and Dan Auger, director of engineering, Pines Technology

Illustration images used this issue courtesy of Margan Zajdowicz, Steve Knight, Benjamin Earwicker Jeinny Solis, Attilio Ivan, Charlie Balch, Kalyana Sundaram, Marcin Rybarczyk and Rick Tolboom