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Tube and Pipe Fabrication News Release List
Tube and pipe fabrication related products
There are 144 products releases related to tube and pipe fabrication.
Advanced Inspection Technologies (AIT) has introduced the PILIT™ industrial push camera. The 32-lb. camera inspects pipelines up to 200 ft. long and industrial lines as small as 1.0 in. in diameter.
Since it is an integrated system, the user does not have to carry two separate components ...
11/10/09
Easyfit™ Inc. has introduced a line of slip-on structural pipe fittings to build handrail systems that conform to the barrier-free requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable state and local building codes. Designed for stairs, ramps, walkways, and other areas wher...
11/10/09
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd. has published a four-page leaflet about weld backing tape for pipes and pipelines. Weld backing tape is used to allow pipeline welding from one side only, producing a smooth, flat, slag-free weld on the back side, the company reports.
The literature shows three ...
11/10/09
The Small Diameter Split Frame (SDSF) from E.H. Wachs® is an externally mounted machine tool for cutting, beveling, and counterboring pipe from 0.84 to 4.5 in. in diameter. It also can perform socket weld removal and chipless wheel cutting.
Lightweight and flexible, the unit is designed for l...
10/13/09
The Instrumentation Products Div. of Parker Hannifin has developed a production process for its A-LOK® tube fittings based on stainless steel extrusions. The technology is aimed at users in processing markets such as oil, gas, and chemical.
According to the company, the uniformity of metal ...
10/13/09
Stafford Manufacturing Corp., Wilmington, Mass., has introduced stackable pipe mounting collars that include threaded standoffs to allow them to be mounted or hung almost anywhere.
The collar system features two-piece clamp style collars with flats on the outside surfaces that are drilled and tap...
9/9/09
Metabo Corp. now offers its expanded Choice Cuts line of thin cutting wheels matched to specific applications.
The expanded line features four wheel types with a wider selection of job-matched abrasive grains and engineered resin bond formulas to enhance cutting speeds and wheel life.
Suitable...
9/9/09
The Kalamazoo Machine Tool Model C320SA vertical column cold saw is designed for semiautomatic production sawing of tubes, profiles, and small solids. The saw features two spindle speeds, 17 and 34 RPM, and accepts blades up to 12 ½ in. diameter. Simple operator controls feature powered vise and dow...
9/9/09
TRUMPF's TruLaser Tube 7000 laser cutting system processes tubes inside a tunnel-like safety enclosure and then moves them forward to the brush table or ejects them to a parts container behind the machine. Its heavy-duty drives are engineered for heavy tubes, and it features a broad chucking range. ...
8/11/09
Dayton's benchtop dry cut miter band saw features a variable electronic speed control and ergonomic grip with a built-in start/stop switch. The saw head swivels and locks for miter cutting while the workpiece remains fixed. An integrated vise on the base helps ensure secure cutting.
The saw is av...
8/11/09
Marvel Mfg. Co., Oshkosh, Wis., has added the PA700HD production band saw with a capacity of 28 in. by 32 in. to its Spartan line. The saw is suitable for large billets and bundles.
The twin post machine features a 2.5-in. blade and a 15-HP motor. The saw's vibration dampening system helps to red...
7/20/09
Marvel Mfg. Co., Oshkosh, Wis., has added the PA460-HD production band saw designed to cut specialty steels to its Spartan line.
The twin post machine combines rigid construction, a 10-HP blade drive, and enhanced coolant delivery. An innovative vibration dampening system helps to reduce noise le...
7/20/09
Marvel Mfg. Co., Oshkosh, Wis., has introduced a vacuum system for use with carbide circular saws used in cutting tubing.
The vacuum removes the hardened chips from the center of the tube, preventing damage to the carbide or cermet teeth and improving blade life.
The vacuum head positioning ar...
7/20/09
Marvel Mfg. Co., Oshkosh, Wis., has announced that its Spartan Model S330 horizontal band saw now is available with hydraulic vising.
The new Model S330HV features an hydraulic work holding vise in addition to other standard features, such as a 12-in. by 18-in capacity, miter cutting up to 60 deg...
7/20/09
The L.S. Starrett Co. has introduced the Versatix™ MP line of multipurpose band saw blades. They feature a new tooth design that is suitable for interrupted cutting applications in structural steels, tubes, and small solids. The patent-pending design dissipates heat during cutting to help minim...
7/14/09
The Piper Bug Pipe Welding System from Bug-O Systems is a digitally controlled programmable welding travel carriage integrated with Lincoln Electric® Invertec® V350-PRO Power Source. The Piper Bug features a positive rack and pinion drive system and a digital control box in which all weldi...
6/30/09
Ercolina's GB90/GB100 semiautomatic Giga Bender mandrel machine is suitable for bending tube, pipe, and square and rectangular profiles to CLR as tight as 1.5xD and accepts large-radii tooling to 16-in. CLR. The interactive PLC touchscreen offers access to auto and manual operating modes, system dia...
6/9/09
Bug-O Systems/Cypress Welding Equipment has introduced the SPB-3000 Pitbull portable automatic beveler. According to the manufacturer, the unit produces clean, machined bevels without operator assistance.
The self-propelled machine can bevel angles up to 60 degrees and mill all types of metal, i...
6/9/09
Hyd-Mech Group Ltd. has released the SM10CNC single-miter automatic band saw for job shops. It features a 10-in. round or 7 ¾- by 11-in. capacity at 90 degrees; a 1-in. blade; a 2.5-HP direct-drive inverter blade with variable band speed (50 to 330 SFM); and 60-degree, one-way mitering. Variable vis...
6/9/09
Abicor Binzel has introduced the new Abi-Flux welding torch. Rated at 330 amps, the torch is suitable for extreme applications in pipeline construction, cladding, and rail-joint welding, as well as repair work.
The torch is equipped with a quick-change, 360-degree-rotatable swan neck and a heavy-...
6/9/09
Continental Pipe & Tube Cutoff machines provide fast and easy set-up, adjustment, and can handle a variety of pipe and tube diameters and lengths efficiently. Because the rotary cutoff wheel passes through the wall thickness only, cutting time is reduced significantly.
6/9/09
Continental Tube & Pipe Cutoff Machines offers precision ground cutoff blades made of the finest shock-resistant tool steel alloy.
Each blade is heat-treated and tested for proper hardness and flatness. Uniform quality provides thousands of cuts between resharpening, which reduces maintenance cost...
6/9/09
Continental Pipe & Tube Cutoff Machines offers a variety of accessories to improve cut-off operations in an efficient, economical manner. Among them are various cutter block assemblies, which can be mounted quickly and easily, increasing the range of pipe and tube that can be processed on the machin...
6/9/09
A heavy-duty, ID-clamping pipe milling end prep tool that can bevel and face in one operation, including any degree of end prep and compound bevels, is available from Esco Tool.
The Prepzilla® MILLHOG can produce end preps on all wall thicknesses at any angle, without cutting oils. It is sui...
5/12/09
Large-bore shaft collars and rigid couplings for drive train applications in wind power generation systems are available from Stafford Mfg. Corp.
The collars and couplings are engineered for applications up to 16 and 8 in. ID, respectively, and come in one- and two-piece configurations that can ...
5/12/09
Haven Mfg. Corp. has designed a gantry and rail system that supports a full-body phased-array ultrasonic tester for the oil and gas pipe testing market.
The system's capacity is 2.52 to 21.06 in. in diameter and up to 49.21 ft. long. A walking beam transfer device positions the pipe into the ...
5/12/09
The L.S. Starrett Co. offers several new band saw blade lines.
Developed for cutting structural steels, sections, tubes, and small solids, the Versatix™ MP bimetal blade has a patent-pending tooth design that copes with the shock-loading conditions associated with intermittent cutting. Thi...
4/14/09
The MILLHOG® line of end prep tools from ESCO Tool comes with the EscoLock™ blade lock system, which holds up to three blades at once to allow simultaneous beveling, facing, and boring without cutting oils.
The system features a wedge lock design that holds tighter while it works. Inco...
3/10/09
Gullco Intl. has introduced its Pipe KAT® welding system, which automates a variety of orbital welding applications. The system uses a variable-speed welding travel carriage with a maximum speed of 40 IPM, complete with integrated wire feeder, linear oscillation with motorized adjustable weave ...
3/10/09
CML USA Ercolina® has introduced two new double-pinch ring rollers. The forged roll shafts are precision-ground and -fitted. The rollers feature heavy-duty structure and rigid components, as well as a reinforced engineered mainframe design.
Dual-axis movement helps reduce tag end length mate...
2/10/09
Challenger™ bimetal structural band saw blades are available from M.K. Morse. They are constructed using PTP™ technology, a proprietary process which, in combination with specialized tooth geometry, helps increase fatigue resistance and tooth durability when cutting structural shapes and t...
2/10/09
The Kalamazoo Machine Tool model H235 manual band saw is designed for light-duty cutting of tubes, pipes, light structural shapes, and small solids up to 8 in. at 90 degrees. The saw has a variable-speed blade from 65 to 320 FPM and can accurately miter up to 60 degrees to the right while maintainin...
2/10/09
SteelMax LLC has introduced a 14-in. metal cutting saw that cuts metal cool and clean without burring, heat distortion, or sparking. The S14 is designed for cutting mild steel, stainless, and aluminum. It features 45-degree mitering capability and a powerful 15-amp motor operating at 1,400 RPMs. Bl...
1/20/09
Hobart Brothers offers Fabshield X80 self-shielded, flux-cored welding wire for use in X80 pipeline applications. According to the manufacturer, the wire creates welds with high tensile strength and Charpy V-notch (CVN) impact values from 107 ft.-lbs. at -20 degrees F to 96 ft.-lbs. at -40 degrees F...
1/13/09
A pneumatic saw and universal pipe trolley kit for cutting all types of alloys and concrete-lined pipe are available from ESCO Tool.
The APS-438 air-powered saw and WrapTrack® pipe trolley let users cut 6-in. to 60-in.-OD pipe accurately and without a HAZ. They are designed for use on stainl...
1/13/09
Bardons & Oliver has introduced a big-bore subspindle turning machine for industrial tube and bar applications.
Designed to handle through-hole applications, the heavy-duty, column-style machine provides users with the ability to process complex bar and tube components with no limitations on dia...
1/13/09
Ercolina®'s Mega Bender® 030 rotary draw bender with internal mandrel produces bends in tubes and hollow profiles. The system incorporates five individual tooling components to support the profile during the bending process. These components—lthe center former, pressure die, clamp die...
1/13/09
Scotchman® Industries' CPO 350 circular cold saw features a double-clamping and self-centering vise that helps provide burr-free parts. The machine has 135-degree mitering ability and a miter-locking device that automatically stops at 45 degrees left, 90 degrees straight, and 45 degrees right, ...
11/11/08
Winton Machine's RD30eCNC is a three-axis CNC rotary draw bender. This PLC-driven machine offers an optional PC interface that enables the user to import a STEP file from CAD directly to the bender without typing in a single data point. This helps save time and reduce programming errors, the company...
10/14/08
Midwest Sandright, a division of Midwest Group One, offers Rand-Bright™ cylindrical deburring and polishing machines and systems. Applications include steering racks, automotive valves, camshafts, piston rings, brake calipers, transmission components, zirconium tubing, custom stair rail finishing, l...
10/1/08
CS Unitec's 1.3-HP pneumatic reciprocating saw is ATEX certified (Class 112 GcT5) for use in hazardous environments. The saw's durability makes this tool suitable for use in refineries, offshore oil, marine, mining, petrochemical, power generation, industrial plant maintenance, construction, and dem...
9/16/08
The model K12-14MS manual metallurgical saw from Kalamazoo Industries features an enclosed wet cutting area with dual coolant nozzles to contain abrasive particles.
The saw has a 14-in. abrasive wheel; a 5-HP, three-phase, 1,725-RPM TEFC motor; dual movable, 4-in. screw vises; and a 24-V halogen ...
9/16/08
A new Pipeliner model from Magnatech uses a push-pull system for positive feeding. The 30-lb. standard wire spool helps lower consumable cost, according to the manufacturer. The head welds pipes from 6 in. to 60 in.
The system allows contractors to use standard 30-degree V bevels to help eliminat...
9/16/08
Orbitalum Tools has introduced the RPG 2.5 and RPG 2.5 Cordless tube squaring machines for pipes and microfittings up to 2.5 in. OD.
The machines can face pipes and microfittings from unalloyed, low-alloy, and high-alloy steels with an OD range between 0.250 and 2.5 in. and a maximum pipe thickn...
8/12/08
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. offers videos on pipe welding techniques, available for free download at the company's Web site. The videos explain techniques and technology that can help increase pipe welding productivity.
Online video topics include new advances in pipe welding techniques, preparation...
8/12/08
Lomar's S1140 portable tube bender now comes with an interchangeable 37-degree flaring attachment. The quick-change head makes the hydraulic bender—which measures 6 in. by 20 in. by 7 in. and weighs 25 lbs.—suitable for short-run bending and flaring operations. When coupled with a hydrau...
8/12/08
The semiautomatic plasma wire and tube welding system from Process Welding Systems allows operators to load a guide wire, angioplasty wire, vascular closure wire, biopsy tubes, aspiration tubes, and any type of small wire or tube to be plasma-welded on the end of the part, the manufacturer states. A...
7/15/08
Hayward Flow Control Systems has introduced a line of industrial bulkhead fittings.
Designed to allow safe, quick pipe connections to plastic or metal tanks, the BFA series bulkhead fittings come standard with heavy duty, full-buttress, left-hand threads to prevent leaks under pressure. The fitti...
7/15/08
Baileigh Industrial has introduced the model RDB-125 rotary draw bender. It bends up to 2.5-in., 0.120-in.-wall DOM tube 2-in., 0.120-in.-wall Chromoly and square; as well as 2-in. Sch. 40 pipe. Maximum centerline radius is 7 in.
While the bender uses the same tooling as the company's larger rot...
6/17/08
Horn Machine Tools offers an all-electric tube bending machine from Unison that features multistack tooling and can bend tubing of up to 6 in. OD.
According to the company, the Breeze 150 is optimized for high-precision applications and includes operating software that nearly eliminates the hig...
6/17/08
The Kasto Model KASTOwa-90R/S automatic sawing machine in combination with the RSA Model NN 1000A wire brush deburring machine is designed for tubes and shapes up to 3½ inches in diameter. The machine is equipped with a length gauge and a tilting support table for long cutoffs. It also includes an a...
5/20/08
Esco Tool offers the MILLHOG® Dictator ID clamping welding end prep tool. It is designed for beveling pipes in which the weld is critical because of high temperatures and pressures.
The tool is suitable for use on heavy-wall steam or process pipes up to 20 in. dia. made of stainless steel, s...
5/13/08
Two companies have worked together to introduce a new method for documenting or verifying large and complex tubes, such as those found in the oil and chemical industries, but also in aircraft and heavy vehicles.
The method combines the large-volume capability of the Metronor Solo probe system wit...
5/13/08
Stafford Mfg. Corp. manufactures a line of AISI steel shaft collars that can be welded to create custom components such as lever arms and adjustable sprocket mounts.
Users can weld the collars—which are machined from AISI 1018 steel—using any welding process, according to the manufact...
4/15/08
The Kalamazoo Industries model K20FS lock-down-head saw is designed for cutting foundry gates and risers and has a stepped-in design on the front to simplify access.
The saw features a 20-in. abrasive wheel; a 2,500-RPM, 1-in. spindle with sealed ball bearings; a steel top; and cast-iron trunnion...
4/15/08
Scotchman® Industries Inc. offers an automatic cold saw. Available in ferrous and nonferrous models, the CPO 315 roller-feed automatic cold saw is designed to provide uninterrupted cutting on tubing, solids, and extrusions. It is suitable for high-volume and long-run applications.
The saw is...
4/15/08
The LRP 1503 AIR Boa pipe sander from CS Unitec polishes handrails, pipe, and tubing. It has a 1-HP motor, with 20-CFM air consumption at 90 PSI and is lightweight. Operators can wrap the sanding arm up to 270 degrees around the radius of the pipe and rotate the machine slightly for a 360-degree fin...
3/11/08
The M.K. Morse Co. has developed a new 14-in. Metal Devil circular saw blade for stainless steel.
According to the manufacturer, the blade combines optimized tooth geometry, vibration dampening, and specialized microcarbides to provide good cutting and reduce tooth chipping and blade vibration. I...
2/12/08
Unison has developed Uni-vercell, an automated tube bending cell suitable for high-volume applications such as automotive. Available in North America through Horn Machine Tools, the cell is designed to provide a complete loading, end forming, bending, and vision inspection process in the footprint t...
12/11/07
The AMSAW® S300 automatic sawing system from Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., designed for cutting ferrous and nonferrous materials, has a capacity of 3 in. to 12 in. and utilizes saw blade diameters from 24 in. to 36 in.
A 60-HP/4-kW spindle motor is provided with simplified controls. Th...
12/11/07
Kaltenbach Inc.'s SKL450NA automatic aluminum saw is designed for straight and miter cutting of aluminum profiles and solids, but also is capable of free-machining copper and brass extrusions and small solids.
Maximum rectangular capacity is 4 in. high by 8 in. wide at 90 degrees. Operators can m...
12/11/07
Metal Mates JL-12 is an opaque gel formulated specifically for tube bending applications. Users can pump or hand-apply the lubricant directly to the tube or bending mandrels to leave a clean coating on the mandrel that will not build up over time.
Designed to stay where it is applied, the lubric...
11/6/07
Soco's Direct Gear Transmission (DGT) technology for CNC tube and pipe bending machines, available in the U.S. through Advanced Fabricating Machinery, uses a system of power transmission from the electric servomotor to the bending shaft. According to the company, its power transfer is greater than 9...
11/6/07
Bug-O Systems offers the Girth Welder, an automatic welding system for tank fabrication applications.
The self-propelled welding system can reduce field storage tank welding time up to 40 percent, the company reports. Designed to reduce welding defects, the system is suitable for inside and outsi...
10/9/07
Parker Instrumentation has extended its line of push-fit fluid connectors for high-pressure industrial applications, offering eight new variants that allow the 20,000-PSI (1,379-bar) connector to be used on metric and imperial tubing sizes of 14 mm, 16 mm, 18 mm, 20 mm, 22 mm, 25 mm, 3/4 in., and 1 ...
10/9/07
Arcos Industries LLC has introduced the bare-wire and covered-electrode versions of the Arcos 617 high-nickel alloy, used primarily to weld nickel-chromium-molybdenum base material and to join various dissimilar high-temperature alloys.
Intended for GTAW, GMAW, and submerged arc welding, the bare...
10/9/07
A CNC tube bending machine from Nissin, offered by North American distributor KGK International Corp., uses computer controls to produce complex bending angles and radii. The computer controls are used in place of conventional components such as rolls or bending dies.
The machine's patented desig...
9/11/07
Roll-Kraft has introduced its Ardcor high-speed, quick-change cutoff system.
The patent-pending Rapid-Konvert Cut-Off System has touchscreen press, die, and closed-loop servo-driven controls designed to cut lengths accurately throughout the entire speed range. According to the company, the integr...
9/11/07
COMEQ Inc. has assembled a kit to upgrade the readouts of early-model Roundo angle and plate bending rolls with dial indicators (clock scales) or tape scales from mechanical to digital.
The digital readout kit includes transducers, an industrial-grade mounting box with magnetic base, a junction b...
8/7/07
Extension die grinders from Dynabrade Inc. are designed to work in long pipes, castings, and other locations requiring extended reach.
Available as 3,400- and 18,000-RPM models, the 1-HP straight-line air tools have a rear-exhaust air motor. Three lengths are available: 19¾ in., 28 1/8 in., and 3...
8/7/07
Hobart Brothers Co. offers low-alloy, gas-shielded, flux-cored wires suitable for high-pressure steam and gas piping, boiler manufacturing, and certain casting applications.
Designed for steels containing 1.25 percent chrome and 0.5 percent molybdenum, the TM-81B2 and TM-811B2 wires can be use...
7/10/07
AddisonMckee has developed AddiCheck, a noncontact tube measuring and inspection system. The software is suitable for midmarket tube-manipulation companies.
The system includes a portable workbench, an optical probe attached to a recently designed five-axis digitally encoded measuring arm, a ...
7/10/07
CS Unitec's pipe sander conceals weld seams and provides a high-gloss finish on stainless steel. With an 11-amp, variable-speed electric or a 1-HP pneumatic motor with high torque, the sander finishes pipes from 3/8 to 10 in. dia. The ergonomic design provides flexibility, the company reports.
Th...
6/12/07
Piranha offers an adjustable bar-bending attachment to its ironworkers to allow bending of round bars from ½ to 2½ in. dia.
The fixture, which includes all required tooling, bends up to 90 degrees on the company's ironworkers.
6/12/07
Kent Corp. has introduced a double-end deburring machine, designed for extrusion ends.
The machine, which includes a fixed head and an adjustable head, uses two 12-in.-OD cup brushes per side. Spinning in opposite directions, the brushes deburr both ends of extrusions without requiring part rotat...
6/12/07
J&B Industries has added to its product line a rotary cut-to-length machine with a servo-positioning, inline end-form unit.
The unit has servo-driven feed and pull-apart mechanisms. The end-form unit provides 3.5 tons of hydraulic force for tubing up to 0.750 in. OD. Simplified controls are desig...
6/12/07
Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd. has introduced a polyurethane spring—called a peanut—for its range of I/O jaw tooling.
The patent-pending spring is designed for placement between each segment of the I/O jaw. Filling the space between the jaws helps to eliminate cavities in which oil...
6/12/07
Torch Wear® has introduced its X-Treme welding sleeve, featuring a three-layer design to provide protection.
Applications for the sleeve include carbon-arc, sub-arc, spray-arc, and heavy-arc welding, as well as pipe and heavy GTAW and standard GMAW. The sleeve exceeds Hazard Risk Category 4 s...
6/12/07
T-Drill Industries has introduced the TCJ-50 tube cutoff system that extends its chipless rotary cutoff technology into a small, bench mounted system designed for short production runs from straight tube.
The system can cut copper, steel, aluminum, and stainless steel tube from 3/8 in. through 2 ...
5/8/07
Weiler Corp. offers crimped wire wide face brushes specially engineered to meet each user's specific requirements. The custom-made brushes are effective for many deburring applications, especially tube end deburring, as well as surface finishing clad materials, conveyor cleaning, coil strip cleaning...
5/8/07
A portable pipe clamp system with automatic feed is available from CS Unitec for use with the company's portable pneumatic hacksaw.
The system easily attaches to the hacksaw and pipe and operates off the same 90 PSI air supply as the saw. The self-feeding device eliminates manual cutting and is ...
5/8/07
A lightweight welding end prep tool and cutter blades that are capable of performing any angle of prep and facing and boring simultaneously are available from ESCO Tool.
The Mongoose MILLHOG® right angle drive I.D. clamping end prep tool is powered by a 2/3 HP pneumatic motor and features th...
4/10/07
The M.K. Morse Co. recently introduced a master tradesman AV23M bimetal hole saw kit. Featuring Master Cobalt® bi-metal hole saws, the kit includes a range of popular diameters used by the professional tradesman for maintenance, plumbing, and electrical hole cutting requirements for pipe and co...
4/10/07
Scotchman® Industries CPO 315 fully automatic hitch feed cold saw provides uninterrupted cutting on tubing or solids. The CPO 315 HFA comes equipped with either a supply table or a full-bundle loading attachment.
Both systems allow the saw to automatically load, trim, cut, and sort lengths u...
3/13/07
Eaton Filtration LLC's Model 50 duplex basket strainer is designed to protect piping system components, such as meters, pumps, and instrumentation, from damage and helps prevent unscheduled downtime, the company says.
The strainer, which runs continuously, removes unwanted particulate matter from...
3/13/07
Kent Corp. has introduced a new Burrmaster deburring machine to automatically deburr one end of a part.
The Rotomat utilizes a 12 in. dia. by 6 in. wide brush. The brush spins downward at 2,000 RPM, and the entire brush head rotates on its axis at 60 RPM. This action quickly deburrs an end of a ...
2/13/07
CS Unitec's beveling machine bevels, deburrs, and chamfers steel, stainless steel, nonferrous metals, and brass.
The compact, lightweight machine is designed to be used with two interchangeable milling cutter heads that offer a choice of two beveling angles: 30 degrees or 45 degrees. A fine-adju...
2/13/07
Kent Corp.'s Burrmaster model 10 automatically deburrs both ends of large-diameter, short-length tubing simultaneously.
Capable of deburring tubing from 1.7 in. O.D. to 4.756 in. O.D., lengths from 2 ½ in. to 60 in., and wall thicknesses from 0.125. 0.750, the machine has quick adjustment mechani...
1/9/07
DeWALT, has introduced its D28715 heavy-duty 14-in. 5.5 max motor HP chop saw with a quick-change keyless blade change system.
The saw has a large stamped steel base and pivot bracket for added durability to withstand jobsite abuse. The base enables users to weld custom out-feed tables to the bas...
1/9/07
Select-Arc's 2216-C metal-cored electrode is designed to weld cast irons that demand increased strength at relatively higher temperatures. It is suitable for joining cast irons to alloy and carbon steels.
The electrode features a 41 percent nickel-containing alloy with added stabilizers and yield...
1/9/07
Parker Hannifin Corp.'s Prestoweld push-to-connect fittings are weld spatter-resistant and silicone-free.
All fittings feature nickel-plated brass bodies and threads. Push buttons are made from UL94-V0 polymer and are designed for use with the company's Microweld tubing.
Fittings are availabl...
12/12/06
Unison has launched a new version of its Unibend Control Software.
The software now includes Graph Analysis, a function that captures data on the torque values that each machine axis applies during a programmed tube bending operation. By comparing the torque data required to bend new material bat...
12/12/06
United Aluminum offers the Y300 aluminum spiral fin strip.
According to the company, using the patent-pending fin on heat exchanger tubes helps to reduce damage during handling and maintenance and provides extended finned-tube life.
12/12/06
Unison has added the Breeze-100, a 4-in.-dia., multistack CNC tube bender, to its all-electric machine range.
The machine offers programmable control over the rotary draw bending process components and cold-bends materials such as 4-in. titanium tubing. Bends of up to 180 degrees can be made with...
11/7/06
Esco Tool's HOG-TIE™ weld alignment clamp provides 15,000 lbs, of force for positioning two pipes, boiler tubes, flanges, or plates.
It comprises two clamping jaws and a steel strap that inserts between the two sections being aligned. The unit engages the two clamping jaws, positioned on eit...
11/7/06
The H235 band saw from Kalamazoo Machine Tool is suitable for light-duty cutting of tubes, pipes, light structural shapes, and small solids up to 8 in. at 90 degrees.
The variable-speed blade runs from 65 to 320 FPM and miters up to 60 degrees to the right while maintaining the material inline. T...
11/7/06
The Pipestoppers Div. of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd. has launched a range of aluminum pipe stopping plugs.
The plugs are available in 1.5-, 2.0-, 2.5-, 3.0-, 3.5-, 4.0-, 4.5-, 5.0-, and 6.0-in. sizes. They have full-length, ½-in. BSP waterways, giving adequate thread length for wing nuts an...
10/10/06
Orbitalum Tools GmbH, formerly known as Georg Fischer Rohrverbindungstechnik GmbH, has introduced the portable RPG 8.6 tube squaring machine for tube end finishing.
The unit produces square, burr-free end preps on stainless steel/high-alloy steel from 2 to 8.625 in. OD with a maximum wall thickne...
10/10/06
Arc Machines Inc. has added several new features to its Model 307 tube welding power supply.
The unit's operating system has been upgraded to Windows® XP, allowing communication with a variety of peripheral devices. Added current sloping between levels smoothes out the steps seen in critical...
9/12/06
Bardons & Oliver offers Big-Bore two-axis, horizontal CNC turning machines for the manufacture of piston rods and hydraulic cylinder bodies in one operation.
Using the company's proprietary CNC turning cells complete with material handling, live tooling, and customized programming, the machines ...
8/8/06
Weiler Corp. offers custom-made brushes in a range of sizes suitable for tube-end deburring.
The brushes allow users to automate the tube-end deburring process and improve user safety, assembly consistency, and process stability and lower production costs, the company reports. Because the tube ro...
8/8/06
The Select 711 gas-shielded, flux-cored carbon steel electrode from Select-Arc Inc. welds steels that require a minimum of 70,000-PSI tensile strength.
The all-position electrode produces good arc drive and bead shape, the company states. The arc transfer is positive, smooth, and stable with low ...
8/8/06
The Ground MILLHOG® air clamp welding end prep tool from Esco Tool features air-actuated clamping, which provides instant attach-and-release to the tube ID for improving tube sheet facing productivity.
Developed for repetitive end preps on the same size tube, this lightweight tool can bevel,...
7/11/06
The universal S1099C portable tube bender from Lomar Machine & Tool Co. provides accurate and repeatable bent tubes for prototype and small-lot production applications.
The unit occupies a 30-in.-wide by 48-in.-long footprint and is 48 in high. It bends up to ¾ in.-OD by 0.049-in.-wall tubing wit...
6/13/06
Newly designed bar cradle trucks from The Durham Mfg. Co. offer 25 percent more cradle space with 4,000- and 10,000-lb. weight capacities for storage and movement of heavy pipe, tubing, and barstock.
Eight models are available with lengths from 5 to 12 ft. All models are 28 in. wide and have thre...
6/13/06
Envirosight LLC has made three enhancements to its Rovver line of modular, steerable pipeline inspection crawlers.
The crawler now features a new zooming pan/tilt camera head with an optional laser measurement system; a hand-held pendant for fingertip control of more crawler functions; and a wide...
5/9/06
The 50-ton, five-station Geka Bendicrop ironworker from Comeq Inc. features a full structural die block and quick-change tooling. It has a built-in bending station.
Bending length is 4 in. with a maximum capacity of 3/8 in. thick; plate shear capacity is 14 by ½ in.; angle shear capacity is 3 by ...
5/9/06
Magnetic Analysis Corp. offers the FD-4 Echomac® ultrasonic test instrument for on- or offline inspection of tube, bar, and plate and flaw detection and measurement of wall thickness and OD in both tube and pipe applications.
The unit features 32 test channels in a single system and operates...
3/7/06
A new servo feed system for presses from Straus-Artys Corp. works with round bar, wire, tubing, and profile parts. Four models are available that handle up to 1.00-in. barstock or 2.750-in.-OD by 0.062-in.-wall tubing.
The line incorporates 16 rolls in two planes with five driven and three adjust...
3/7/06
The CSM14B 14-in. metal cutting saw with dry cutting technology from M.K. Morse Co. features a Metal Devil® carbide-tipped blade that operates spark-free.
The motor operates at 15 amps and 1,300 RPM. The heavy-duty steel base provides stability with predrilled holes to bolt down the unit to ...
3/7/06
Bend Tooling Inc. has introduced Shockmate™ shock-resistant precision die sets for mandrel tube bending.
The die sets are a product of proprietary metallurgy and Datafacturing® machining technology. They are resistant to chipping and fracturing and mate precisely, the company reports.
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3/7/06
The LT2000 laser cutting system from AltaMAR Laser and Control is suitable for tubes as small as 0.125 in. and as large as 1.0 in.
Available with CO2, YAG, and fiber laser sources, the system cuts mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. The back-strike system prevents the formation of debris o...
2/7/06
Peddinghaus Corp. has introduced a series of machines that incorporate new speed sawing technology to help manufacturers cut steel shapes faster while increasing throughput.
The technology, developed with Lenox, comprises three design components: a 20-HP motor that powers a 2 5/8-in. blade at a ...
2/7/06
Romer CimCore has launched its DOCS (data overlay camera system) 2.0 tube inspection and reverse engineering software.
The software combines tube measurement and geometry measurement in one program, eliminating the need to run multiple applications. It overlays inspection geometry onto photos of ...
1/10/06
LSA Laser offers precision microlaser welding of tubing, ribbon, and round wire for use in medical devices such as defibrillation leads, stents, catheterization subassemblies, and surgical instruments.
The company also provides cutting, assembly, marking, and packaging. It offers welding of mater...
12/13/05
Select-Arc Inc. has added three ferritic metal-cored, composite electrodes, the Select 409C, Select 409C-Cb, and Select 409C-Ti, to its stainless steel product line.
The 409C is suitable for welding ferritic stainless steel sheet and thin-gauge material and is stabilized with both niobium (columb...
12/13/05
The Lenox Fiberscope inspects in inaccessible and inhospitable areas and can identify flaws as small as 0.001 in.
The fiberscope feature a tight bending radius and steerable two- or four-way articulated tip that allows for easy manipulation around corners, through pipe bends, and past blockages. ...
12/13/05
Rex-Cut Products’ Rex-Cut® Grind and Blend Kit removes heavy welds on stainless steel and aluminum.
The kit includes a Sigma Green wheel featuring a zirconia-ceramic grain and proprietary bonding for grinding out cracks and removing welds. The cotton fiber Type 27 blending and finishing whee...
12/13/05
Orbimatic (UK) Ltd. has added the HMS (hardware monitoring system) and AWCC (automatic weld current calibration) to its Orbimat 165CB orbital welding power supply.
The HMS allows operators to investigate the current status of the machine’s hardware on a single screen. The display screen shows ope...
11/8/05
Victaulic has released the Vic 3D piping software designed for AutoCAD® drawings for carbon steel, copper, ductile iron, HDPE, and stainless steel piping layouts.
The software provides users with accurate, 3-D designs of piping layouts and helps to eliminate estimating the bill of material...
11/8/05
AutoForm Engineering GmbH has released its Hydroforming software version 4.0 that provides analysis and simulation of the entire hydroforming process.
New features include automatic generation of tooling and process definition for the bending operation before hydroforming. It also includes new fe...
11/8/05
Alliance Scale Inc. offers a rod weighing scale designed to weigh rod, tube, and bar stock and transport it on heavy-duty, smooth rolling casters to a storage bin or to feed machinery.
The portable rack scale features the Rice Lake IQ Plus® 590-DC weight indicator with a 1-in., six-digit LCD...
10/11/05
Yellow Jacket LLP has improved its 87-in. 110® orbital wrap machine for securing any standard, oversized, or odd-shaped palletized loads on the forks or forklift.
Loads are wrapped and secured as a horizontally positioned stretch-wrap dispenser moves around and under a load as the unit is ma...
10/11/05
Ubeco's Profil roll form design software automatically creates the flower pattern, which speeds up roll tool design for recurring profiles.
The required know-how is taken from the system's knowledge base that increases as the system is used. When a new profile is designed, usually a successfully pr...
9/13/05
The Multicut MC4-610 tube cutoff machine from Linsinger features four blades for improved speed and efficiency.
Designed for 10- to 24-in. longitudinal welded tube, the 50-ton machine is accelerated to 2m/sec 2 by two electric 100-kW-capacity motors. The height drive power returns the mobile machi...
9/13/05
Schwarze-Robitec offers the CNC 220 HD MR stacked-tool rotary draw bending machine, capable of stacking four different large-size tools. This stacking ability limits tool changeover to the collet and mandrel.
The machine has a maximum capacity for bending 8-in. NPS s/40 steel pipe with 6 m of pipe ...
8/9/05
Orbimatic (UK) Ltd. now offers JA welding purging equipment, including silicon dam purging systems for localizing purging volume inside tube and pipe. The systems are designed to reduce both the gas amount used and the time it takes to purge welded joints.
The systems can be enhanced with a suitabl...
8/9/05
Ying Lin Machine Industrial Co., J&S Machine Inc., and YLMUSA have announced the latest addition to the YLM rotary bender product line. The all-electric, 1-in.-capacity YLM CNC-25MSLR-O-12A machine bends clockwise and counterclockwise and is equipped to produce variable-radius push roll bends.
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7/12/05
The HMT #2E CNC bender from Horn Machine Tools is a 3.0-in.-OD-capacity, multiaxis machine that comes with all accessories needed to perform tight-radius mandrel bending.
Suitable for applications such as stainless steel exhaust systems, HVAC components, job shop work, automotive, motorcycle, and a...
6/14/05
Esco Tool's MILLHOG® cutter blades for welding end prep tools are designed to produce a thick chip without cutting fluids.
The blades feature a radical chip breaker to direct the chip away from the tube surface and reduce generated heat. Made from T-15 tool steel and titanium nitride- (TiN-) co...
6/14/05
Caorle US offers the CL132-5000 CNC endworking machine for simultaneous and dual-ended facing, chamfering, boring, and neck turning oftubing and tube-type bars up to 5 m (16.4 ft.) long.
The machine accommodates diameters of 40 to 200 mm and lengths of 300 to 5,000 mm. It comes equipped with two op...
3/8/05
Viking Blast & Wash Systems has released its SR-12P pipe and rod blaster, capable of cleaning a variety of materials from fractional diameter up to 12-in.-dia. pipe to SSPC-6 surface finish on a continuous flow basis.
The machine uses two 15-HP VC-1 direct-drive blast wheels. The dual wheel des...
3/8/05
Victaulic Co. has introduced its patent-pending Advanced Groove System (AGS), a mechanical coupling assembly system for 14- to 24-in. pipe. The line, which consists of flexible and rigid couplings, fittings, valves, and accessories, replaces the company's current offering in this size range.
Design...
3/8/05
With K-Sun Corp.'s MaxiSoft® PipeMarker V2® Windows®-based safety software, safety and maintenance professionals can create inhouse more than 500 standard or custom pipe markers, labels, signs, or tags that comply with OSHA, ANSI, IIAR, CGA, NFPA, ASME, and NEC regulations and standards.
To meet sp...
1/11/05
Orbimatic GmbH now offers tube end facing machines. The RPG 1.5 can be used for tubes 3 mm to 38.1 mm OD, and the RPG for tubes 25.4 mm to 114.3 mm OD.
The ergonomically designed machines use collet sets to clamp the tube on the OD. A lathe-type cutter then is rotated and introduced to the tube end...
1/11/05
Orbimatic GmbH has added the RA41 tube cutting machine to its product line. The machine cuts tubes from 20 mm to 120 mm OD with wall thicknesses up to 7 mm.
The machine has a heavy-duty variable-speed drive motor and a cam blade feeding mechanism for setting the optimal cutting angle to minimize bu...
1/11/05
Argweld™ heat-resistant pipe purging systems from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd. allow for high-temperature welding.
Designed for materials in which pipe joints and adjacent areas need to be preheated before and after welding to avoid cracking, the system enables welders to purge pipes in temper...
12/7/04
Magnatech's digital Pipemaster Model 515 has been redesigned and is half the size and weight of previous models. Digital technology provides improved accuracy and reliability, the company says.
The machine has an autoranging input of 110 to 480 VAC and a 200-amp output. It is designed for multip...
10/12/04
Orbimatic GmbH has introduced the M34 weld head to its range of orbital GTAW weld heads. Designed for applications with low radial clearance, such as tubes in boilers and rotary dryers, the heads can be used for applications that require an additional wire feed as well as fusion-only welds.
Suita...
7/13/04
PITCO™, a division of Scan Systems Corp., has introduced DIGI-PRO™ electromagnetic inspection (EMI) software for the pipe industry. The software is designed to be either an integral part of the company’s line of DIGI-TECH™ inspection equipment or a digital conversion kit for ...
7/13/04
The Tiger welding station from Orbimatic is designed for tube and pipe prefabrications. The station incorporates a clamp located on an Easi-Glide X-Y slide. The clamp rotates to allow 45-degree and 90-degree elbows to be welded to tube lengths.
The headstock uses an internal purging and clamping ...
6/8/04
Orbimatic’s P16M orbital GTAW head can be used for welding tubes to tube sheets for applications such as boilers, heat exchangers, and economizers. The weld head uses a mandrel, which is inserted into the tube. The welding torch rotates around the tube to weld the tube to the tube sheet.
The ...
5/4/04
The OrbiLine internal clamping system from Orbimatic is designed to facilitate well-aligned welded joints on tubular components.
The system uses an internal clamping mandrel with individual fingers, which, when expanded, automatically align the parts being welded. The clamping head incorporates a...
4/8/04
Bronx Taylor Wilson Ltd. has installed a 10CR5 10-roll tube-straightening machine at Shuan Hwa, Taiwan. The machine is being used to process alloy steel tubes up to 85 mm in diameter at speeds of up to 90 MPM.
The company also has installed a model 10CR6 machine at Alcoa’s Pimalco Division ...
4/8/04
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