TPT November 2020

The November Issue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. As a stuttering sense of normality gradually returns to the world, it feels like the specific benefits offered by trade shows are more valuable than ever. I for one am looking forward to being at a trade show again more than ever.

November/December 2020 Vol 33 No 6

Rory McBride – Editor in chief

While it is good to see digital innovation, there is no technology that can replace face-to-face interaction with an actual person. No video can replace seeing a machine in operation with your own eyes and with the benefit of advice from the engineer that designed it – or who has spent years relying upon it. A recent market survey of more than 4,000 professionals from 130 countries explored the impact of COVID-19 on the global exhibitions industry, delving into key areas such as travel, budgets, and the importance of trade fairs in a post-pandemic world. The ‘Exhibitions post COVID-19’ survey was commissioned by Messe Frankfurt Middle East and found that nearly two thirds of people agreed that, as the virus recedes, exhibitions will be more important for business (31 per cent), or just as important (38 per cent), compared to the past. A further 64 per cent plan to attend exhibitions in the next eight months, while 36 per cent plan to do so this year. One thing is for sure we will all appreciate trade shows more than ever as confidence returns.

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UV coatings vs water-based coatings for mechanical and OCTG tube and pipe By Michael Kelly of Allied PhotoChemical, USA

I hope that you enjoy the magazine.

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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Special high production layer saws for cutting multiple tubes or bars By Willy Goellner of Advanced Machine & Engineering, USA

EFD Induction’s new CompactWeldac is based on the latestSiC transistor inverter techchnology

Learnmore atwww.efd-induction.com New Compact Weldac A small revolution

PUTTING THESMARTER HEAT TOSMARTERUSE

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.