TPi July 2009

Connectors Fi t t ings , Flanges & Ball valve completes piping system AGRU, Austria, is a manufacturer of piping systems, including the Agruline

Copper fittings for air con and refrigeration

range. To meet growing demands for uniform PE-pipeline systems, the company’s supply programme has been expanded by the PE 100 ball valve. The patented PE 100 ball valve with its simple control mechanism is an innovative solution for gas, water and sewage applications, and has a number of advantages in comparison to existing valve systems. The construction of the ball valve is based on a reinforced inner cage, which

Howhi Air Conditioners Made Co specialises in the manufacture of copper fittings, designed to meet standards ASME B16.22, AS3688 and EN1254.

Ball valves from AGRU S S

ensures safety and pressure resistance. It is fully coated with PE 100 material and has a positive fit connection without welding seams. The heavy duty and redundant sealing-system and three-way centring mechanism of the ball ensure operational reliability. The range covers outside diameters from 32 to 225mm. The AGRU ball valve withstands high operating pressures (16 bar for water, 10 bar for gas) and features a heavy-duty monobloc construction. Benefits include easy installation due to lightweight construction and the application of all common welding technologies, corrosion resistance, and an integrated gearbox that enables smooth opening and closing.

A selection of copper fittings from Howhi S S

The company is dedicated to the development, production and sale of copper fittings, brass fittings and other accessories for air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, water piping projects and other industrial piping systems. Products have been sold to Canada, America, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, India and Egypt. Zhuji City Howhi Air Conditioners Made Co Ltd – China howhi02@gmail.com www.howhi.en.alibaba.com The core business of Zeleziarne Podbrezova is the production and further processing of steel. The company’s wide range of products includes continuously cast blooms, hot formed seamless steel tubes, precision cold drawn seamless steel tubes, cold sized precision welded tubes, butt- welding pipe fittings, longitudinally welded steel tubes of large diameters and tube semi-products. The company has the advantage of its own modern steel mill, which is capable of providing the necessary raw materials to produce seamless steel tubes for Butt-welding steel fittings

AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH – Austria office@agru.at • www.agru.at

Ukrainian pipeline components Research and Production Corporation Trubostal Ltd manufactures components for pipelines of low-, middle- and high pressure, applied in the transportation of water, pulp, oil and gas, steam and hot water, and chemically aggressive substances. Seamless fittings are available in ODs from 20 to 630mm; welded fittings in dimensions up to 1,420mm. Wall thicknesses range from 2 to 100mm. The company’s products include elbows (seamless, welded, stamped and welded, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, 135˚, 150˚ or 180˚); bends; reducers (concentric/eccentric, extruded, stamped and welded, welded, turned); tees (extruded, stamped and welded, welded, turned); angle joints (turned); and flanges (stamped and turned). Enamelled and galvanised elbows can also be supplied.

last-minute orders. Some of these tubes are further processed using either hot or cold forming techniques to make butt- welding steel fittings. Zeleziarne Podbrezova’s butt-welding steel fittings are made according to standards EN 10235-1,2; DIN 2605-1,2; BS 1965-1; NF A 49-186; Č SN STN 42 5760; ASTM, ASME-ANSI B16.9/A 234, A 420; and ISO 3419. Uses include elbows for pipelines use in the power and chemical industry for high and low temperatures, elbows for general use, and elbows for industrial and main lines. Butt-welding elbows type 3D, shape 90° and 180° are produced from seamless tubes using hot forming technology. Tube products are delivered either directly from the manufacturer or through subsidiaries.

Železiarne Podbrezová as – Slovak Republic

R&PC Trubostal – Ukraine trubostal@trubostal.com.ua www.trubostal.com.ua

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