TPT January 2021

The January Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. Since the pandemic erupted, we have witnessed a digital revolution, with a shift to remote work and more digital access to services than ever before. According to data by McKinsey & Company, many

January/February 2021 Vol 34 No 1

Rory McBride – Editor in chief

engineering companies in the US leaped five years forward in business digital adoption in a matter of just a few weeks. Nearly half of manufacturing companies in the UK switched to digital working practices within just two weeks during the pandemic according to reports. A remarkable transformation and credit to the adaptability of engineers and manufacturers in the face of a crisis. Virtually over night the ability to remotely monitor and control equipment has also become essential, something many tube machinery companies were already ahead of the curve on. Hopefully these technological investments – albeit made in an emergency – will help to make companies even more resilient and efficient as the world gradually recovers. The editorial deadline for the March issue is 11 January. It will have three main features: tube mills & rollforming lines; inspection, testing & quality control; and advances in measuring & marking. Please send any editorial to: rory@intras.co.uk The advertising deadline for the March issue of TPT is 1 February 2021.

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I hope that you enjoy the magazine.

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On the cover . . . The roots of EFD Induction go back to the launch in 1950 of a universal induction hardening machine by the German company Induktionserwärmung Fritz Düsseldorf GmbH (FDF). While FDF was expanding in the 1970s, an induction revolution was taking place in Norway, where engineers had figured

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out how to transistorise frequency converters for induction heating.

In 1981 three of those engineers founded ELVA Induksjon AS. In 1983 they unveiled the Minac range of mobile converters. Workpieces no longer had to be brought at great cost to a stationary induction heater – the heater could now go to the piece. In 1991 the managing directors of FDF and ELVA met by chance. They talked and speculated. FDF was strong in stationary induction hardening machines. ELVA was the agile innovator with a track record in finding new applications for induction heating. What if the two companies got together? In January 1996 FDF and ELVA merged to create EFD Induction. And the rest is, as they say, history.

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