TPT September 2019

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Inductotherm Group welcomes customers from around the world at Thermprocess/GIFA ITL Industries signs Czech expor t order ITL INDUSTRIES Ltd, an Indian manufacturer of tubemills and associated equipment, has secured an export order for two vertical accumulators from a Czech Republic-based manufacturer. The accumulators are designed to accumulate HR/CR strips, which are then fed to the tube mill for tube and pipe manufacturing. The ITL vertical accumulator occupies less floor space than the standard horizontal ones that are available. The vertical accumulators can accommodate strip width up to 320mm, with maximum 3.5mm thickness. They are also equipped with servo drives and servo motors and are synchronised with the tube mill speed. ITL Industries Ltd – India Website: www.itl.co.in

Inductotherm Group displayed 11 pieces of equipment, including the Inductotherm 175 kW VIP ® power supply with iSense™ data visualisation system demonstration, 750 kW VIP ® power supply with IoT capabilities and a Tilt-Pour™ furnace. Also on display was a Thermatool ® HCT (HazControl Technology) welder, Consarc ® 20 kg clamshell vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace, InductoScan ® platinum induction scanner, InductoForge ® modular billet heater, Merlin™ field joint heating and coating system, and Statipower ® IFP™ (independent frequency and power) induction power supply. “Our customers love to ‘kick the tyres’ so to speak, so it’s always important to them to see our equipment ‘live’, open the doors and talk through our advanced technologies,” added Mr Doyon. “But we also provided 22 touchscreens loaded with more than 500 pieces of content so we could do a deeper dive into the technologies and advancements we provide and discuss how we align with our customers’ industry advancements.” “We want our customers to experience our equipment in a whole new light, so we created some advanced digital experiences,” said Bernard Raffner, group vice-president and president of

the long products division. “There was a queue for our virtual reality experience of welding technologies, as well as our extended reality ‘virtual tours’ of a bar line, vacuum atomiser and forge shop. Our customers loved our digital representations of welding lines, bar heaters, strip heaters, forging lines and melt shops.” “We love greeting and meeting our customers and potential customers from around the world and can’t wait for 2023,” concluded Mr Doyon. Inductotherm Group offers advanced technology for the engineering, manu- facturing and service of thermal pro- cessing equipment used in the melting, heating, heat treating, forging, galvanis- ing, coating, cutting and welding of met- als. Bringing together 40 companies with 38 manufacturing facilities located in 21 countries, Inductotherm Group de- livers products throughout the world. Customers rely on Inductotherm, Inductoheat, Thermatool, Radyne, Consarc, Banyard and other brands in the Inductotherm Group to provide equipment and services. Inductotherm Group – USA Email: sales@inductotherm.com Website: www.inductothermgroup.com

INDUCTOTHERM Group said it was delighted with the response to its prod- ucts and the networking opportunities at the recent Thermprocess/GIFA show in Düsseldorf, Germany. “We’ve been attending the GIFA and Thermprocess shows for decades and it has always been a great opportunity for us to meet with our customers from around the world. No matter how much the world digitises, there’s nothing more important than establishing and maintaining personal relationships with our customers and partners,” said Gary Doyon, CEO of Inductotherm Group. Messe Düsseldorf welcomed more than 72,500 visitors from 118 countries including China, India, Turkey and Russia to the international show specifically for the thermal processing industry. “At the event we had 70 product managers from 21 countries, speaking more than 30 languages to support our international visitors at Thermprocess/GIFA 2019,” noted Satyen Prabhu, group vice-president of Inductotherm Group. “Our team met with more than 1,000 customers – all day long there were handshakes and smiles, discussions about technology advances, conversations about future projects and business deals.” More than 1,000 customers visited the stand

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