TPT January 2021

CONT ENT S 2 Editorial index 6 Industry news 7 Diary of tube events 24 Technology news 41 Tube Products INTERNATIONAL: Focus

Editor in chief

Rory McBride

Features editor

Gill Watson

Editorial assistant

Helen Gaskell

Design & production Lisa Wright

Sales & marketing

Steve Martin Sales & marketing steve@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834688 Jason Smith Sales & marketing (Italy) jason@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834684 Linda Li 中国大陆，台湾， 香港以及远东地区销售代表 linda@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834685

Advertising co-ordinator

Liz Hughes

Subscriptions

Louise Jennings

Accounts manager

Louise Jennings

Publisher

Caroline Sullens

Founder

John C Hogg

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56 Global marketplace 64 Adver tisers index

ARTICLES

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Impor tance of rigidity of CNC-CFS square-square pipe mills By Gao Guowu, chief engineer, FD Machinery, China

Assistance systems for robotic tube welding: suppor t for automated series production By Andreas Hummelbrunner, product line manager MIG/MAG high end robotics, R&D Fronius International GmbH

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