TPT November 2022

The November Issue Welcome to the latest issue of

November/December 2022 Vol 35 No 6

Tube & Pipe Technology magazine. I was very happy to attend my second successful tube trade event this year when I travelled to Tube SE Asia in Bangkok, Thailand.

Rory McBride – Editor in chief

Following a successful return for Tube Düsseldorf early in the year, it was good to take our magazine further afield, which is something the magazine has always prided itself upon. I met people from the tube industry from all corners of SE Asia and also Australia and many were keen to find out about the latest technology featured on our pages. It is clear that a lot of expansion of tube production facilities is taking place as many areas in SE Asia undertake huge modernisation of their infrastructure. A heartening aspect was a focus on green technology and green steel as the companies invest in technology that is both good for the environment and the global economy. Our next issue of TPT will be in January 2023 and will have features on tube straightening technology & equipment; cutting technology, sawing & saw blades; and tube finishing, end finishing & super finishing. Our Tube Products INTERNATIONAL section will have a focus on fittings, valves, flanges & connectors; and OCTG, gas & pipeline products. The editorial and advertising deadline for the January issue is 2 December 2022. If you would like to contribute any news or technical articles to TPT or TPi then please contact me at: rory@intras.co.uk Enjoy the magazine.

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The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries

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

NOVEMBER 2022

VOL 35 NO 6

US$33

ISSN: 0953-2366

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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. 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, as they say, is history.

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