TPi January 2019

Products & developments

tive prices to its suppliers, whether the purchase is outright or within a part- exchange arrangement. “We continually look to promote this side of our business and regularly offer incentives and promotional benefits to potential suppliers,” added Ms Spillane. “Where we find that manufacturers delay or indefinitely postpone equip- ment replacement because of perceived economic and logistic complexities of disposal, we are well structured to address this issue directly.” Westermans International Ltd – UK welding@westermans.com www.westermans.com

via Shenyang Welding Equipment’s own stockholding – has allowed us to provide specific purpose-designed equipment that delivers in terms of both performance and cost.” Orbital welding equipment, which typically provides tube-to-tube fusion welding, is highlighted by Westermans as one of the main types of unit supplied. Matching supply to customer needs is dependent on Westermans’ ability to identify and procure used equipment. The organisation maintains a continuous awareness of system availability, through worldwide sources, and acknowledges the importance of offering competi-

and boom manipulator with an ESAB submerged arc welding system and a Lincoln STT MIG welder. Westermans has built on its UK and European sales by making the service available to an international market. A key customer in China offers an example. “We have developed an excellent working relationship with the Shenyang Welding Equipment Company in Shenyang, which sells and leases a long list of new and refurbished pipe engineering tools and machinery to industries ranging from semi-conductor manufacturing to the pharmaceutical sector,” said Ms Spillane. “Their ability to meet their customers’ requirements – both to order and

Expanded range of workshop saws from Kasto Maschinenbau

continuously adjust- ed between 20 and 110m/min. The KASTOmicut U 4.6 can saw flat material up to 520mm wide and cut mitres from -45° to +60°, as can the smaller pivot-bow models. Band speed range is even wider – from 12 to 150m/ min – for processing an extensive range of materials.

The KASTOmicut range of pivot-bow, metal-cutting bandsaws from German manufacturer Kasto has been extended upwards and downwards from the three existing automatic and manually operated models, designated 2.6, for cutting 260mm diameter round stock and 310 x 260mm flat material. The new KASTOmicut E 4.6 has the capacity to cut 335mm diameter round and 460 x 335mm flat material, and is designed for single-sided mitring at continuously adjustable angles from 0° to +60°. Downfeed is hydraulically controlled and cutting speed can be

The compact KASTOmicut P 1.8 for smaller workpieces

Kasto has introduced the compact KASTOmicut P 1.8, which is capable of mitring between 0° and +45°. Downfeed rate is determined by manually guiding the saw frame, and the blade is driven by a 1.5 kW three-phase motor, ensuring high quality cutting. The shortest cut length is 6mm. Kasto Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG – Germany

A heavy, torsionally rigid, welded saw frame provides stable support for the blade and allows high band tension, ensuring a good quality cut even with hard-to-machine materials. Various accessories are available including a rotary table to support the material. For users who mainly saw smaller workpieces up to 180mm diameter,

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The new KASTOmicut E 4.6 pivot-bow bandsaw

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