TPT March 2019

The March Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. In this issue we have features on cutting technology, sawing and saw blades; inspection, testing & quality control; and a new 'focus' feature, the first of which looks at some of the many successful

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German companies that work in the tube machinery and related industries. It is interesting to look at the reasons why Germany is such an engineering and manufacturing heavy-weight, not just in Europe but around the world. We also have a show feature on Tube Russia 2019, which the March magazine will be distributed at. Finally we have a very interesting, in-depth article from Michael Kelly of Allied PhotoChemical. Mr Kelly looks at the use of UV coating technology for line pipe producers in order to eliminate the problem of red rust. Next issue we have three features: tube mills & roll forming lines; handling, bundling, packaging & logistics; and wide diameter tube production. The May issue of the magazine will be distributed at Guangzhou 2019 in China, and Lamiera and Made in Steel in Italy. If you would like to submit editorial for any of these features or trade shows then the deadline is 18 March. The deadline for advertising in the May issue is 5 April. You can send your submissions or request further information by contacting me at: rory@intras.co.uk

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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 out how to transistorise frequency converters for induction heating.

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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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