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Tube China 2020: successful trade fair held following rapid industry recovery in China

TUBE China was recently held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) and has shown that the trade fair business in China is picking

up speed again after the Covid-19 pandemic. The trade fairs took place safely and at a distance, in compliance with all applicable hygiene regulations.

At Tube China 221 companies presented their innovations from the fields of tubes, pipes, tube processing and machining and the trade in tubes on a total area of 18,000m 2 . A total of 725 exhibitors, including 640 Chinese companies, came to wire China and presented their innovations from the wire and cable industry in a total area of 54,000m 2 . Two national pavilions from Germany and France complemented the trade fair events. For the first time, Tube China was supplemented by THERMPROCESS China and Saw EXPO China. In special themed pavilions companies from the fields of thermal process technology, sawing and alternative cutting tech- nologies presented their innovations. More than 36,000 visitors came to the four trade fairs in Shanghai during the four days of the event.

The event was a success despite the disruption caused by Covid-19

Tube China 2020 www.tubechina.net

D/F Machine Specialties celebrates its 50 th anniversary

D/F Machine has been in operation for 50 years

D/F MACHINE Specialties has cele- brated its golden anniversary and founding day. To celebrate its 50 th anniversary, D/F Machine Specialties has release its NEW NCC P-38 Curved Water-Cooled MIG hand-held gun for welding aluminium. It was asked to make this gun by a customer that welds aluminium and steel because there is a huge void in the market for a heavy duty curves water-cooled hand-held gun for push welding aluminium. The other curved welding guns available cannot currently handle the heat involved with aluminium welding. “We developed this new gun to not only withstand the demand and heat, but to be stronger, lighter, have more options, and use D/F’s readily available consumables that last up to 7 to 1 due to the heavy duty torch design and superior water-cooling.

“Like all of our other guns, the NCC-P38 is intended for use with all manufacturer’s wire feeders, which have provision for water cooling. It accommodates a slip-in tip fastened by a collet action nut. A unique feature of the Water-Cooled Curved Gun is that the nozzle assembly water chamber and inner body water chamber are serially connected to each other with sliding removable connectors making it a relatively simple matter to detach the nozzle assembly, thus completely eliminating the need for gaskets in the water passage system.” The 50-degree, curved metallic water- cooled front body allows for operation in tight, hard-to-reach areas. The torch has a copper gas nozzle, which threads into the copper front end of the torch for better heat dissipation. All utilities are connected internally to the torchbody andexit fromthe rear of the

torch body housing. The company also offers an optional cable/hose sheath for better cable management. The torch is provided with a button switch, which can be positioned at any point on the torch handle. For feeding all wires, a replaceable liner conduit system is available for feeding 0.35, 0.045, 0.047, 0.052, and 1 / 16 " hard/cored wires through a continuous metal liner run to the tip in the gun with no gaps. For aluminium welding of 3 / 64 , 1 / 16 and 3 / 32 " wires run through a continuous Nylatron liner run to the tip in the gun with no gaps. D/F Machine Specialties www.dfmachinespecialties.com

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