TPT March 2020

30 March – 3 April 2020

Metalube grows 20 per cent METALUBE’S business was built around the production of lubricants for drawing non-ferrous wire and tubes. Its Lubricool, Alumol and Tubol products, along with OCG, a range of protective greases for overhead line conductors, are still a key part of the portfolio. More recent additions include wire rope lubricants and chain oils.

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drawing lubricants across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Metalube has continued to invest back into the business with the introduction of mixing vessels and more energy efficient production technology in the Irlam plant; the plant itself has grown by more than 50 per cent, with expansion into new premises next door and the purchase of a newmanufacturing site nearby. Recently recruited business development manager Adrian Day will be present at the show to meet Metalube customers.

The company states that it has recently enjoyed 20 per cent growth, partly attributable to strategic partnerships with Italian industrial fluid specialist Bellini SpA and HL Blachford Ltd from the USA. Bellini now distributes the entire Metalube range of Lubricants across Italy, and Metalube India distributes Bellini’s metal

Metalube specialises in lubricants

cutting lubricants throughout India. The partnership between Blachford and Metalube focuses on selling Metalube’s non-ferrous copper and aluminium wire

Metalube Ltd www.metalube.co.uk

Continuous casting from Upcast Oy The upwards continuous casting method, also known as the Upcast ® process, was originally developed within the Finnish Outokumpu Group in the late 1960s. Upcast Oy was established in 2006 to carry Upcast into the future. Upcast Oy is the exclusive supplier of the original Upcast process.

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The company’s experts will be available to meet interested parties during the entire week, in order to answer questions and find solutions, whether about casting of OF-Cu rod of various sizes, other shapes than rod (flat bar, profiles), SGTube, any Cu alloys or those of other non-ferrous metals. The company will also have news to share regarding its new professional SW programme for the maintenance optimisation of the casting lines.

The first Upcast production line was installed in 1971 at the group’s own facilities in Pori, Finland, and is still in operation and up to date thanks to a number of modernisations. This first production line was followed by a continuous string of lines delivered worldwide. As a result of Outokumpu Group’s decision to divest its copper business, a new independent company named

Upcast continuous casting technology

Upcast Oy www.upcast.com

Eddy current rotating head from Contrôle Mesure Systèmes

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longitudinal defects > 50µm on the product, but can also be combined with other CMS equipment, such as magnetising or demagnetising units, for complete product inspection.

Two or four eddy current probes, installed inside the cassette, rotate at high speed (18,000 rpm) while the product moves through the rotating head. The nozzles inside the system ensure proper centring of the wire during inspection. Connected to the EC instrument Zet@Master, it detects

Contrôle Mesure Systèmes (CMS) has developed a special version of its eddy current rotating head, RotoETscan HV, suitable for line drawing inspection for a diameter range of 0.8 to 10mm. The system, which is easy to install on the production line, integrates a turntable (cassette) adapted to the product diameter.

Contrôle Mesure Systèmes www.cmseddyscan.com

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