TPT May 2018

The May Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. In this issue you will find a feature on cutting technology, sawing & saw blades starting on page 58. We also have a technical article from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques about tungsten electrodes for TIG/GTAW welding (page 77).

May/June 2018 Vol 31 No 3

Rory McBride – Editor

This issue of the magazine will be distributed at the Guangzhou 2018 trade show in China as well as FABTECH Canada 2018, and our team will be attending both events so please do come and say hello. Canada is a relatively new area for us so it will be good to meet those involved in the industry from a country that is so heavily reliant on pipes to move its plentiful natural resources around the vast expanse of the nation and beyond. Next issue we have features on straightening technology, welding machines & technology, coiling & uncoiling and wide diameter tube production. If you would like to submit editorial then please contact me at rory@intras.co.uk The deadline for editorial submissions for the July issue is 18 May. If you would like to advertise in the issue the deadline is 1 June.

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Enjoy the magazine.

The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries

On the cover . . . AUSTRIAN machinery specialist Linsinger has produced its popular tube cut-off machine-series Multi-Cut for many years. Managers responsible for service and maintenance in tube mills often find that machines need to be repaired and improved more than suppliers sometimes claim when they originally purchased the machine.

MAY 2018

VOL31 NO3

US$33

CUTTINGTIME PERTUBE 9,9SECONDS

TubeØ244x 13,5mm P 110

SAWINGTECHNOLOGY FORSEAMLESSPIPES.

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This is something Linsinger specifically works to avoid. “We plugged in the Linsinger Multi-Cut and it has been running from the first minute,” said the manager responsible for the maintenance department of the German tube specialist Mannesmann Line Pipe MLP in Hamm. The Linsinger tube cut-off machine was first installed in 2004 and has worked continuously since then without a problem. The construction and installation of the cut-off machine into an existing pipe production line was a smooth process with the help of Linsinger and its technicians. The 50-ton machine has shown its pedigree from the beginning. With low tool costs and optimised saw blade life the MultiCut MC 4-610 cuts the burr- free inner and outer edges of longitudinal welded tubes in an exceptionally fast time.

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