TPi October 2008

2008

Bug-O’s All Time Girth Welder is a self- propelled welding system for horizontal welding of field storage tanks. The Girth Welder can reduce field storage tank welding time by up to 40%, and weld defects are greatly reduced, saving tank erection costs. Other products include the Mini-Vert, a compact, trackless, battery-powered fillet welder; Trac-Bug, a compact, friction drive cutting machine that will ride on any standard 6" V-grooved track, and will produce machined quality cuts and bevels with oxy-fuel or plasma; Uni-Bug III, which can produce stitch or continuous welds that can be programmed by distance, and will run on a variety of structural steel profiles; and the Bug-O Stiffener Welder, a dual-sided fillet welding machine with integrated wire feeders. Bug-O Systems – USA jwhite@weld.com • www.bugo.com CML USA Ercolina USA Booth 4179 CML USA is a manufacturer of tube, pipe and bending machines, with over 40 years of experience. The company supplies the Ercolina 050KD Top bender model, which is suitable for bending pipe, tube, squares, rectangles, solids and other profiles. The machine is capable of bending ferrous and non- ferrous materials from ¼" to 2½", and accepts Ercolina’s optional two-axis A40/P positioning table for multiple and sequential bends. centreline radius. Standard tooling is available from stock in multiple radii with centreline radius as small as two times diameter. Operator-friendly control programs bend angles to 180° with individual springback setting, and a linear scale provides a visual reference of counterbend axis and increased repeatability. A standard motor brake ensures bend angle accuracy, and the patented swing away counter bending die vice allows quick loading and unloading of the workpiece. The hex mount patented tooling system allows rapid changeover for increased productivity. The company’s heavy-duty gear case accommodates radii up to 11 7 / 8 "

provide maximum bender utilisation and up-time. From a front-end perspective, however, Maestro enables us to offer our customers the flexibility to choose a control interface to suit operator preferences. ” Maestro is backed by the company’s global support capabilities, including the ready-availability of non-proprietary spare parts. Visitors to the company’s booth will be among the first to have the opportunity to take Maestro for a test drive. AddisonMckee is a winner of Managing Automation magazine’s Progressive Manufacturing 50 Awards for 2008, a prestigious award based on an organisation’s ability to use infor- mation and automation technologies to transform its business and create a sustainable competitive advantage.

AddisonMckee USA

Booth 8182

At Fabtech, tube bending and end- forming technology specialist AddisonMckee plans to display one of its high-performance DataBend ™ small diameter draw bending machines, and formally launch a user-friendly tube bending control solution.

AddisonMckee – USA info@addisonmckee.com www.addisonmckee.com Bug-O Systems USA

The DB150 ESRB tube bender S S

In displaying the DataBend ™ model, a DB24ESR (all-electric, stack, multi- radius) 25mm high-performance draw bending machine designed for the production of smaller components, AddisonMckee intends to provide tube manipulators with a deeper insight into its capabilities. Christian Rogiers, the company’s vice president of global marketing, commented, “We produce a whole range of market-leading solutions, of which the all-electric DB24ESR – primarily a model for air-conditioning components and brake lines – is just one. Accordingly, Fabtech 2008 will provide the perfect platform to demonstrate our wider product range.” AddisonMckee will also officially unveil its Maestro ™ controller, a flexible bending machine control solution. Developed around extensive feedback from the company’s global customer base, Maestro offers user-friendly design with an intuitive user interface, and provides diagnostic control for real-time troubleshooting. The company’s executive vice president of sales, Mr Jim Sabine, commented, “With the launch of Maestro, all new AddisonMckee CNC tube bending machines will be available with our new Mark VI globally standardised back-end control system, designed to

Booth 5066

Bug-O Systems/Cypress Welding Equipment, a manufacturer of welding and cutting automation equipment, will display its newest innovations for increasing productivity. The MM-1 is an economical automatic pipe cutter. The computer-controlled, 2-axis machine automates the cutting of shapes, profiles and holes in pipe with diameters of 2" to 16" (optional up to 24"). Programmed shapes such as saddle, hillside, lateral and mitre cuts can be made by simply selecting the type of cut from a menu, entering the diameters of the pipe being processed, and pressing the run button to cut the pipe.

The Bug-O Systems MM1 pipe cutter S S

56

Tube Products International October 2008

www.read-tpi.com