TPT September 2018

I NDUS T RY

Magnetic Analysis Corp celebrates 90 th anniversary

electromagnetic techniques to non- destructively test steel bars without modifying the product. In 1934, MAC introduced the first successful tester to identify cracks in steel bars in a production mill. Through the years, the company also developed rotary eddy current testers, phase gating, pulsed eddy current, polar presentation, fully digitised test instrumentation with colour presentations,

MAGNETICAnalysis Corporation (MAC), a specialist in non-destructive testing, is celebrating 90 years of designing and supplying inspection instruments and systems for metal manufacturers throughout the world. Founded in 1928 in Long Island City, New York, USA, at a time when testing usually meant ‘sampling’ procedures that destroyed or altered the product being tested, MAC developed

One of MAC’s early testers operating in a bar mill in 1936

rotary ultrasonic testers, advanced flux leakage inspection, phased array and other advancements that changed the scope of non-destructive testing. Now operating on an international scale, MAC continues to find ways to help tube, bar, wire and parts producers meet increasingly demanding specifications for quality. “Using our unique ability and experience with multiple technologies, including eddy current, ultrasonic, phased array and flux leakage, we don’t just sell a product, we sell a solution – a test solution that is based on the customer’s product, mill configuration, specifications, applications, budget and

MAC president and CEO Dudley Boden during the celebration

other specific needs,” said Dudley Boden, MAC’s president and CEO. Joseph Baldauff, MAC’s vice- president of technology, added, “Our continuous upgrading of existing products and solutions reflects our commitment to making sure that the most advanced, latest developments are available for our customers’ NDT applications. Our success and longevity are due in part to the advanced capabilities we have brought to the market for nearly a century.”

Magnetic Analysis Corp – USA Fax: +1 914 703 3790 Email: info@mac-ndt.com Website: www.mac-ndt.com

Roll-Kraft supplies CNC machine ROLL-KRAFT, a worldwide supplier of custom roll tooling to the tube and pipe and roll forming industry, has installed a new CNC turning centre, with live tooling, on the factory floor of Chicago Roll Company, located in Lombard, Illinois, USA. The new machine is a Samsung SL-65MC/1000 turning centre, featuring the latest CNC controls. It will allow the company to produce rolls with a maximum diameter of 35" and maximum length of 39.4". With up-to-date technology and many state-of-the-art upgrades, the new machine is also very user-friendly, featuring a digital touch display. The

machine will provide the accuracy and precision that are necessary in producing new rolls and reworking existing rolls.

Roll-Kraft – USA Fax: +1 440 205 3110 Website: www.roll-kraft.com

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