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In-Line Diameter and Shape Control

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STEELMASTER Gauges Hi-speed laser scanning. Measurement of diameter, ovality, height, width and diagonals.

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AddisonMckee Inc.............................................34 Aicon 3D Systems GmbH.................................18 Arla Maschinentechnik GmbH..........................42 Arvind Anticor Ltd..............................................72 Associated Tube...............................................31 Beswick Engineering Co Inc.............................68 Beta LaserMike.................................................30 Bibby Scientific Ltd............................................70 Boltjes Serial Production bv..............................12 Borouge............................................................26 Burak Boru AS..................................................10 Byard Spiral Mill................................................40 Carell Corporation.......................................44, 66 CML USA Inc – Ercolina..................................132 Contrôle Mesure Systèmes....................... 58, 110 Danobat............................................................24 Davi Promau Group..........................................50 DuPont..............................................................15 EFD Induction as..............................................69 Elcometer Limited.......................................16, 94 EMS................................................................130 FASPAR SpA....................................................83 Fives Group......................................................20 Fontijne Grotnes BV..........................................46 Formitt Metal Labs............................................60 Fränkische Rohrwerke......................................66 Franz Teutenberg GmbH & Co KG...................56 GE Measurement & Control Solutions...... 95, 112 GH Electrotermia SA.........................................63 Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co KG..46 GYS Ltd............................................................82 Hannibal Pipes SA............................................40 E ditorial I ndex

Hess Industries.................................................63 Hexagon Metrology Services Ltd......................62 Hobas Engineering GmbH............................6, 38 Imatek Ltd.................................................22, 103 Industrial Magnetics Inc....................................70 InspecTech Analygas Group.............................49 Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co KG.................111 INTRAS Ltd.......................................................40 Jansen Ltd......................................................127 Jetstream Europe Ltd........................................73 Friedrick Kocks GmbH & Co KG.......................31 Kusakabe Electric & Machinery Co, Ltd..........127 Larikka Ltd........................................................15 LaserLinc, Inc....................................................93 Linsinger Maschinenbau...................................54 Logstor..............................................................33 Loke Engineering GmbH & Co KG...................72 Magnetic Analysis Corporation.......................109 Manchester Tool & Die Inc................................49 Marcegaglia SpA...............................................37 McElroy.............................................................67 Officine MTM SpA...........................................135 MultiLining Products ApS................................ 112 NOV Tuboscope..............................................108 Optical Metrology Services.......................98, 104 Ormis Group SpA..............................................50 Oscar................................................................44 Oto Mills............................................................45 Parker Hannifin.................................................74 Phoenix Inspection Systems...........................101 Plantool Oy.....................................................130 Polysoude SAS.................................................84

Prolifique Rolls Pvt Ltd......................................24 PWS GmbH......................................................70 Ravni Technologies...........................................53 Reika GmbH & Co KG......................................49 RSA Cutting & Deburring Systems Ltd...........135 RSAEntgrat- u. Trenn-Systeme GmbH & Co KG.. 135 Salem Tube International Ltd............................30 Scan Systems Corp..........................................77 Rolf Schlicht GmbH...........................................67 Servo-Robot Inc................................................69 Sikora AG........................................12, 20, 58, 80 SMS Meer.........................................................41 SMS Meer GmbH..................................8, 54, 128 SMS Siemag AG...................................16, 28, 37 Sonatest Ltd.................................................... 110 Superior Technologies Europe........................131 SW Wil Werkzeug-und Maschinenhandel AG...76 T&H Lemont......................................................43 Tecnofar SpA...................................................134 Tezet Technik AG............................................107 TMK IPSCO........................................................7 transfluid.....................................................52, 76 Tru-Cut Saw......................................................18 TUBOTECH 2011.............................................34 Unifit AS............................................................10 Upcast Oy.........................................................81 Wachs Water Services..................................8, 93 Walter GB Limited.............................................68 Walter Stauffenberg GmbH & Co KG................56 Weldability-SIF..................................................41 Weldec GmbH...................................................46 Zumbach Electronic AG......................28, 96, 102

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T he M arch I ssue Welcome to the latest issue of Tube & Pipe Technology magazine, which this month features a comprehensive feature on inspection, testing and quality control, automotive tube and pipe manufacturing and all the information that you need on Tube Russia. Please come and say hello to our team at our stand there. And a big thank you to everyone who came and showed such a great interest in the magazine at Tube Arabia in January. From what I hear this year’s Boru is set to break all records for attendance in terms of visitors and exhibitors and with the Turkish economy doing so well in terms of growth any company would be wise to get involved. We will be there with plenty of magazines and the more handy to carry CD versions for you to read on your laptop on the flight home. Next up is our May issue and we will be featuring articles on tube mills & roll forming machines and OCTG & pipeline manufacturing and all the latest industry and technology news so please do send me your information by the

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Taiyuan Tongze Heavy Industry Co Ltd Taiyuan Tongze Heavy Industry Co Ltd (TZCE) was founded in August 2001. The design centre of the company is the provincial technology center of Shanxi province. It is equipped with 13 technical offices and eight subsidiary companies. Among the 480 personnel, 260 are engineers and technicians, 16 are professor senior engineers. In 2003, it was qualified by the ISO9001: 2000 Quality Management System. Until August 2009, it owned 87 patents, in which 35 items are inventive patents, 52 items are innovative patents. The technological performance of its products have reached a world-class level. TZCE’s products are mainly used for producing high grade oil pipe, nuclear power tube, supercritical high-pressure boiler pipe, high-pressure bottle tube, thickness tube and larger diameter pipe with small thickness. The company possesses a team of experts in designing, working on electric, hydraulic, lubrication and mechanical processing assembly, which can serve for your individually solutions. It possesses the biggest assembly workshop for pipe equipment, and the biggest digital bridge type milling machine of 5500×6000×18000mm in China. its powerful manufacturing capacity and perfect system of complete equipment can help serve your high quality rolling mill.

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Tube Russia 2011 Russia remains one of the most attractive growth markets in the medium and long term anywhere in the world and the ongoing need to modernise this huge country will sustain demand in the machinery and equipment sector for many years to come. Over the three years leading up to the recent worldwide recession Russia’s GDP exceeded 6% with booming consumption and investments soaring by 10% per annum and this years show is set to be bigger than ever.

Inspection, Testing & Quality Control

Automotive Tube & Pipe Manufacturing Now that the world’s car makers must operate under stringent environmental and weight constraints, they are turning once again to their able partners in the tube and pipe industry to help. The new demands must be met with no compromise of the “old” ones. It’s a challenge, by any definition. But it is one for which the suppliers reviewed in this section of Tube & Pipe Technology are superbly well prepared.

These verifying specialities enable the tube and pipe maker to vouch for the products that go out under the company’s name. The processes under review here are highly technical, minutely calibrated, and employed at extreme speeds. In these circumstances, relationships – between and among operators and equipment suppliers – are of critical importance in ensuring that customers are confident in the product.

141 Maximizing uptime in high-frequency tube and pipe welding Bjørnar Grande, John Kåre Langelid, Olav Wærstad (EFD Induction)

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Multiple pump shaft for the Lausitz region

THE Lausitz region in Germany, between Brandenburg and Saxony, has been an important coal mining district with far-ranging commercial relevance for more than 100 years. Extensive surface mining resulted in a lunar-like landscape, with extensive pits which would not be possible to completely backfill. The plan to return the area to nature required the creation of lakeland by flooding, and Bahnsdorf, a pump station on the lakefront of the newly established Lake Sedlitzer played an important role. Bahnsdorf dewatering went into service with three pumps in 1993 to ensure the structural stability of the embankment during the long process of flooding the Sedlitz mining pit. The water level was slowly raised in dependency of the flooding of Lake Ilse, since 2007. Because the three pumps are indispensible for at least the time in which the water level is raised to the intended height, the structure was refitted and a multi- pumping shaft was installed, ensuring the pumps’ long-term functionality. Construction work commenced in September 2010. Aggressive soil and ground- water conditions (pH-value 3.0 and sulphate content greater than 500mg/l) led to utilising CC-GRP pipes as a corrosion-resistant solution. Due to an installation depth of 18.75m, a very high ground-water level as well as multiple built-in units, structural stability was ensured with a nominal stiffness of SN 32000. DN 3000 was chosen as manhole diameter to provide enough space for the equipment and pumps, and in combination with the required nominal stiffness the pipe wall thickness resulted in a minimum of 100mm. Three 16m-long DN 700 casing pipes were vertically placed inside the manhole to host the hanging immersion pumps, which were mounted to a reinforced concrete plate laminated with GRP. 7m above the shaft bottom, a 90° bend was flanged to the DN

Hobas prefabricated transportable units ready to be delivered

1100, PN 6 inlet and fitted with a matching shut-off valve. The parts were fixed to a vertical DN 1000 pipe, and all DN 700 and DN 1000 pipes were perforated up to 1.3m in height to ensure an even water level inside the manhole. Another two intermediate plates were installed to limit the height of fall and to allow for inspections of the instruments. All pipes and plates were fabricated with GRP. Apart from the pipe material fulfilling all the tough requirements posed by site and project conditions, Hobas had convinced the client by offering a made-to-measure installation solution: Hobas engineers designed the segmentation of the manhole in transportable units, avoiding heavy-load transports and reducing assembly time and effort to a minimum. Hobas Engineering GmbH – Austria

Fax: +43 463 48 2121 Email: info@hobas.com Website: www.hobas.com

CC-GRP shaft with three vertical perforated host pipes

View from above the construction site

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Diary of Tube Events

Oil, gas and drilling fuels

2011 MARCH

US tube demand

Boru 2011 Istanbul, Turkey Exhibition ‘Made in Steel’ Brescia, Italy Exhibition

 Email : info@ihlasfuar.com Website : www.borufuari.com

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ELECTRIC furnaces at TMK IPSCO’s steel plant in the US have been running at full capacity since the end of 2009 because of booming orders from the oil and gas industry – and the company’s chief executive says production will continue. Piotr Galitzine, chairman of TMK IPSCO, said the company has doubled production – from 450,000 tons of seamless and welded pipe in 2009 to a current output of nearly 1 million tons. The company also is hiring at its plants in Beaver County, Ohio and in Trumbull County. “We started seeing an improvement from 2009 levels at the end of the first quarter of 2010, and it kept going up steadily from there,” Mr Galitzine said. “We will add an additional 50 people by the end of March. By year-end, we will be up 80 to 100 people.” Increased drilling activity in Marcellus shale and other natural gas-producing shale beds are fuelling increased demand for tubular steel, Mr Galitzine said. Based in Lisle, TMK IPSCO is a subsidiary of OAO TMK, Russia’s largest tubemaker. OAO purchased former Koppel Steel plants in Koppel and Ambridge in 2008. Steel analysts and industry experts say tubular production has increased significantly. “We are seeing increased levels of production across product lines,” said William A Wolfe, who heads the Steel Tube Institute of North America. US Steel Corp announced in December a $95mn expansion of its Ohio tubing plant. It is expected to create 150 temporary construction jobs and 100 full- time jobs in addition to 500 existing jobs. Production is expected to begin in the third quarter. TMK IPSCO – USA Fax: +1 630 874 6431 Website: www.tmk-group.com

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Tube Russia 2011 Moscow, Russia Exhibition

 Email : ryfischd@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

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JUNE

Yokohama Pipe & Tube 2011 Japan Joint Symposium ITA/JSTP

 Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.itatube.org

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SEPTEMBER

Tube Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand Exhibition EMO Hanover, Germany Exhibition

 Website : www.tube-southeastasia.com

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OCTOBER

Tubotech São Paulo, Brazil Exhibition

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Pipe & Tube World Conference Düsseldorf, Germany Conference

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Fabtech Chicago, USA Exhibition TOLExpo Paris, France Exhibition

 Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fabtechexpo.com

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Tube / wire Düsseldorf 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de www.messe-duesseldorf.de

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OCTOBER

Tube India Mumbai, India Exhibition

 Email : dughl@md-india.com Website : www.tube.india.com

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the complete SMS Meer range of services, from installation and commissioning to maintenance and modernisation. Mr Schönbeck added, “Our highly qualified employees guarantee optimal customer communication in Chinese language, while also working closely together with their colleagues in Germany, so our customers receive the full benefit of all SMS Meer’s expertise, combined with quick on-site support.” SMS Meer has been active in SMS Meer opens site in Shanghai

SMS Meer has invested €22 million in a new production site in Shanghai. The site was officially opened on 28 October at a ceremony attended by 250 guests. SMS Meer is a business area of the SMS group, and the global market leader in plant and machine building for tubes, long products, forging, copper and aluminium production, and heating technologies. The Shanghai site will manufacture complete machines for the Chinese market and components for customers around the world. SMS Meer’s engineering and design operations will continue to be based in Europe. With its combination of European design and manufacturing capacity in China, SMS is pursuing a distinctive strategy within the industry. Joachim Schönbeck, president and CEO of SMS Meer, commented, “The outstanding quality of our plants and machines is what differentiates us in the market, and we are determined to maintain and increase this competitive advantage. The new Shanghai site will enhance the flexibility of our manufacturing operations.” SMS Meer Engineering China Ltd employs 250 people. The new site also gives Chinese customers direct access to

China since the 1960s, and its plants and machines have been used for various large infrastructure projects, to make products including tubes, structural steel, railroad tracks, railway wheels and power plant components. The SMS group has had a

presence in China since 1904. SMS Meer GmbH – Germany Email: info@sms-meer.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

The new SMS Meer site in Shanghai: office building and workshop

New pipeline division WACHS Water Services has announced that it has formed a new division that will offer assessment services for pipeline sys- tems. Building on its success in providing valve assessment to municipalities and utilities throughout North America, the company is in negotiations with companies to provide new trenchless solutions. “Traditionally Wachs Water Services has provided assessment and maintenance programmes for in-line valves. Knowing the location and operability of each valve, hydrant and meter in a system, municipalities and utilities can manage their critical moving parts effectively and comprehensively,” commented Cliff Wilson, president of Wachs Water Services. Wachs Water Services – USA Fax: +1 847 415 2196 Email: cwilson@wachsws.com Website: www.wachswaterservices.com

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Unifit awarded ‘approved manufacturer’ status by Van Leeuwen

WITH Turkey now the world’s 11 th largest producer of raw steel, with an annual output of 25.8 million tons, Unifit AS, a manufacturer of seamless steel pipe fittings and flanges established in 2005, has an important part to play in country’s steel industry. Turkey’s leading seamless steel pipe stockist, Burak Boru Group, has announced that its group member Unifit AS has been included in the approved manufacturing list (AML) of the international industrial distributor Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, following a successful external audit. To be listed in the AML of The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, one of the largest distributors of steel pipes and fittings with a diverse distribution network around the world, is a sign of the company’s attention to the quality policy. This approval is an important step for Unifit. Prestigious collaboration with one of the largest industrial pipe and fittings distributors is a good reference for the company and creates new collaboration opportunities. “Unifit, exporting mainly to Western Europe, Mid-East Europe, the Middle East, and Turkic Republics, belongs CE/PED, ISO 9001-2008 and AD2000 Merkblatt certificates and shows a difference in the

domestic and foreign market,” commented Okan Bozkurt, foreign trade manager of Burak Boru and Unifit Boru companies. In addition, sister company Burak Boru AS, Turkey’s largest seamless carbon steel pipe stockist, supplies all of Unifit’s product ranges and, despite unstable market periods and fluctuating prices, can provide the entire pipe range with highest quality. During the global crisis period at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, Unifit did well to convert the crisis situation into an advantage for increasing production capacity day by day. Bearing in mind necessities and demands of its clients, Unifit has added new lines to its production pool and increased its production capacity. With new semi/fully automatic induction machines for elbows, new oil pressure cold forming tees and reducer machines, and cap forming machines, production capacity has increased to 800 tons per month. The company is now implanting forging machines for the production of forged steel flanges. Once the test production finishes for all range for all standards (EN, DIN, ASTM) the company will start mass production. With its state-of-the-art technology installed factory and experienced staff, the company manufactures its Unifit branded

products with high quality standards. All Unifit products are manufactured in accordance with Directive PED/97/23/EC – Annex I, Chapter 4.3. In addition to this certification, Unifit products are approved by AD Merkblatt 2000. With new machines, the company already produces to the most common standards, such as EN, DIN and ASTM, with a wide product range that includes seamless and welded steel elbows, equal tees, reducing tees, conc. reducers and caps. Burak Boru and Unifit Fittings conduct activity on a 70,000m 2 area, of which 30,000m 2 is covered, close to highways and cargo ports, providing a logistical advantage. The companies are based in Turkey, which is a member of the European Custom Union and in negotiations for permanent membership of the European Union, and so benefits by fiscal procedures the same as European countries. Burak Boru, occupying a leading position in the sector of seamless steel pipes, trading with its stock and sales volume, has been supporting many industrial sectors including automotive, HVAC installations, construction, and naval architecture, with the experience of 27 years in the steel sector. Unifit AS – Turkey

Fax: +90 216 593 04 09 Email: info@unifit.com.tr Website: www.unifit.com.tr Burak Boru AS – Turkey Email: info@burakboru.com.tr Website: www.burakboru.com.tr

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Sikora makes big plans for the future

THE supervisory board and management board of Sikora have decided upon the restructuring of the company. From1 January 2011 Harald Sikora, chairman and head of the R&D department at Sikora, withdrew from the operational business in order to pave the way for the next generation. Mr Sikora has moved to the newly founded Sikora Holding GmbH & Co KG. Mrs Bernadette Sikora is also appointed to the Holding and is responsible for the business areas finances and controlling. Harald Sikora will support the company as consultant. His successor is Harry Prunk, present member of the board of SikoraAG. As chairman, Mr Prunk takes over the manage- ment of the company with the business areas production, service, purchasing, sales, marketing, and research and development. Dr Siegmar Lampe, previously deputy director of development under Harald Sikora, is appointed director of the R&D department.

Sikora AG – Germany Fax: +49 421 48900 90 Email: sales@sikora.net Website: www.sikora.net

Harry Prunk, Harald Sikora and Bernadette Sikora

TS 16949 certification for Boltjes BOLTJES specialises in bending, forming and assembly of tubes in 2D and 3D. The company processes steel, stainless steel, copper and aluminium tubes, and can also assemble products through welding and soldering. Boltjes offers various finishes, such as galvanising or powder coating. Its core business is the deforming and assembling of tubes for leading companies in the automotive, medical and heating and cooling industry. The company has announced that it has obtained TS 16949 certification in its continuous effort of improving quality of the business process. ISO/TS 16949, an international standard for suppliers of car manufacturers, was developed because there was a need for a comprehensive and internationally

recognised quality directive. As with ISO 9001:2000, the overall objective is the introduction of process thinking, so the quality of the business develops. The ISO/TS certification defines the require- ments for quality management systems related to design, development, production and, where applicable, installation and servicing of automotive related products. The company’s sales and logistics office

for Western Europe is located in Ermelo in the Netherlands, and it also has a sales office in Ukraine. Production is carried out at

a factory in the Czech Republic. Boltjes Serial Production bv – The Netherlands Fax: +31 341 462235 Email: f.langereis@boltjes.cz Website: www.boltjes.cz

Steel pipes processed by Boltjes

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I ndustry N ews DuPont wins award DUPONT received the 2010 Premio ECO Award in the Sustainability in Products category for its role in a closed loop recycling process for agrochemical multilayer bottles. DuPont Latin America president Eduardo W Wanick accepted the award during an international ceremony. “It is a great honour to be recognised not only for the environmental impact of this recycling programme, but for the science behind it,” said Mr Wanick. “Multilayer containers pose a great recycling challenge due to the variety of plastic materials used in the construction.” The “Virtuous Cycle using Fusabond ® ” project relies on the unique characteristic of DuPont™ Fusabond coupling agent to compatibilise and bond dissimilar polymers in the recycling process. Fusabond also improves impact resistance, surface finish and processability of parts and films so the recycled product can be used to form other articles with little material loss and great added value. Empty agricultural chemical packaging is collected by the National Institute for the Processing of Empty Packaging (inPEV), launched by government mandate and initially supported by 22 founding companies, including DuPont. Since 2002 more than 150,000 tons of empty packaging has been collected, eliminating the need for 374,000 barrels of crude oil and more than 160,000 tons of CO 2 equivalents. Brazil is a leader in collecting used agricultural chemical packaging, with a 95% collection rate, compared with Canada (73%), Germany (76%), France (66%) and the United States (30%). “Innovative programmes such as these evolve when the entire value chain is engaged,” said Mr Wanick. DuPont – USA Email: birgit.radlinger@dupont.com Website: www.dupont.com Larikka name change SINCE the 1970s Leo Larikka has provided the pipe pre- fabrication world with solutions for manufacturing tubular parts such as tees and manifolds. Larikka’s company image has now undergone a major renovation. In renewing the company’s brand identity, careful consideration was given to the company name. The previous company name, Lacol, never gained the brand value and strong recognition within the market that the Larikka name enjoys, so it was decided to change the company name to Larikka. An updated logo creates a more modern look, reflective of the Larikka technologies for collaring, cutting and welding tubular parts. Larikka Ltd – Finland Email: maarit.aalto@lacol.com Website: www.larikka.com

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Official start of new ThyssenKrupp Steel works

ON 10 December 2010 the official opening of the new integrated works complex of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA took place in Calvert, Alabama. The main supplier of the plants and equipment of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA was SMS Siemag, Germany. The supply scope included a high- performance hot-strip rolling mill with an annual capacity of 5.3mn tons of steel strip, a combined pickling line and tandem cold rolling mill, a continuous pickling line, an innovatory acid regeneration plant, four hot-dip galvanising lines with two furnaces and an offline skin-pass mill. In the stainless steel section the SMS Siemag supply scope included a hot-strip pickling and annealing line. The plants and facilities erected by SMS Siemag will enable ThyssenKrupp Steel USA to produce a very wide range of steel strip. The main customers are the domestic appliances, construction and tube manufacturing industries as well as the automotive industry, in particular the large car makers in close geographical proximity in the south of the USA. The core component of the new plant complex is the high-performance hot-strip rolling mill with a capacity of 5.3mn tons of strip. The mill produces strip of high- quality steel grades, including multiphase steels and high-strength grades as well as around 1mn tons of stainless steel strip each year. The complete electrical and automation system was tested and optimised under the Plug & Work scheme at SMS Siemag during the construction phase of the works. The operator training sessions were able to start well ahead of commissioning and so also contributed to a rapid run-up phase. The pickling line/tandem cold mill supplied by SMS Siemag is said to be the most powerful of its kind, with an annual capacity of 2.5mn tons. Cold-rolled strips that are subject to particularly stringent surface-quality demands are able to

run through the offline skin-pass mill. In addition to the pickling line/tandem cold mill, 1.1mn tons of hot strip can be treated in the continuous pickling line. The acid in both sections of the plant is conditioned by means of an innovatory acid regeneration plant. The hydrothermal conditioning technology developed by SMS Siemag is characterised by reduced emission values, energy savings and low operating and maintenance costs. For the further processing stages, SMS Siemag supplied four hot-dip galvanising lines. The lines are designed to be highly flexible, with their annealing furnaces, coating equipment and temper mills.

A wide range of corrosion-protected strip products with tailor-made properties are manufactured on the lines. For the stainless steel complex, SMS Siemag supplied a high-output annealing and pickling line for the endless processing of hot-rolled stainless steel strips. On this line, consisting of an annealing furnace, mechanical scale breaker and the pickling section, hot strips of stainless steel grades are pre-treated for further processing in the cold rolling mill. SMS Siemag AG – Germany Fax: +49 211 881 4902 Website: www.sms-siemag.com

High-performance hot-strip rolling mill

Elcometer acquires Dakota Ultrasonics

ELCOMETER Limited, a supplier of inspection equipment to the coatings, concrete and metal detection industries, has announced the acquisition of Dakota Ultrasonics Incorporated of Santa Cruz, California. “Dakota’s commitment to high quality

products and service to the non-destructive testing community is second to none,” stated Michael Sellars, managing director of Elcometer Limited. “The similar ideals and beliefs of our two organisations will allow us to work together to further enhance our commitment to the global

inspection community. We look forward to going from strength to strength.”

Elcometer Limited – UK Fax: +44 161 371 6010 Email: sales@elcometer.com Website: www.elcometer.com

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I ndustry N ews Aicon generates solar power AS the use of renewable energies becomes increasingly important, Aicon 3D Systems, a provider of optical camera-based 3D measurement systems, has set up its own photovoltaic system. The system covers a roof area of 850m²

and is installed on the roofs of Aicon’s two headquarter buildings. It consists of 344 solar modules that convert solar energy into electricity. “We intend to generate 32.690kWh per year with our photovoltaic system,” explained Dr-Ing Carl-Thomas Schneider, president of Aicon 3D Systems. “This would cover about 50% of our own power demands. Actually, also in the past years, we have used green electricity for our company buildings. However, now by setting up our own photovoltaic system, we are able to make an active contribution to the expansion of renewable energies.” Aicon’s environmental commitment

goes beyond the generation of power. Step by step, the company examines all its divisions and checks whether operations can be done in a more sustainable way. As an example, it has planned to significantly reduce the CO 2 emissions of its company cars. “Our goal is an average fleet fuel consumption below 5 litres,” affirmed Dr Schneider. “Therefore, we only acquire very fuel-efficient company vehicles.” Aicon 3D Systems GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 531 58 000 60

Email: info@aicon.de Website: www.aicon.de

Aicon’s photovoltaic system

Website makes it easier to spec saw blades

TRU-Cut Saw Inc has redesigned its website to make it easier for customers to identify and select the right saw blades for their applications from the large variety of blades offered by the company. Richard Otter, vice president, acknowledged that the company’s old website didn’t go far enough in assisting customers in blade selection: “Our new website provides application and performance data on our carbide tipped blades as well as cermet, friction and hot saws, and high speed steel saws. We also offer saw blade coating recommendations for cutting popular materials.” For customers who are unsure of the type of blade they need, Tru-Cut offers a ‘Build A Blade’ section where they can input sawing machine type, material specs and current saw blade information. The company will then recommend the best

saw blade for that machine and material to be cut. Tru-Cut can also visit customers’ plants to inspect their current sawing operations and recommend productivity and cost saving improvements. Tru-Cut Saw has two in-house PVD coating chambers, with a capacity to coat parts up to 1,200mm in diameter. This allows Tru-Cut to tightly control coating quality and uniformity, and permits adjustments for individual customer applications. Through its ICO surface coating division, the company offers PVD coating services for cutting tool and other saw blade manufacturers and distributors. Tru-Cut Saw – USA Fax: +1 330 225 4741 Email: trucutsaw@trucutsaw.com Website: www.trucutsaw.com

The homepage of Tru-Cut Saw’s website

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Sikora at Chinaplas

measurement of produced lengths of hoses and tubes. For this method, the product image and its movement are defined and thus the speed and the produced length calculated. At Chinaplas, Sikora will introduce the second generation of its successful diameter LASER gauge heads. The new LASER Series 6000 includes a number of technological innovations, one being a measuring rate of 2.5kHz.

SIKORA AG, manufacturer and worldwide vendor of measuring and control technology for the hose and tube industry, will attract attention with the presentation of cutting edge technology at the Chinaplas in Guangzhou, China. A highlight on the Sikora booth is the new X-RAY 6000 series for the measurement of eccentricity, wall thickness, inner and outer diameter and ovality at hose and tube extrusion lines. The X-RAY 6000

includes XLL-X-ray tubes (eXtra-Long-Life tubes) and provides a measuring rate of 1 to 3Hz (optional 10, 100Hz). Sikora is also showcasing the new ULTRATEMP 6000 for online temperature measurement of the melt of plastic materials in the hose and tube extrusion. Besides temperature measurement, the device detects inhomogeneities in the melt. Another highlight on the Sikora booth is the LENGTH 6000 for non-contact online

Sikora AG – Germany Email: sales@sikora.net Website: www.sikora.net

Bronx International joins Fives

ON 30 November 2010, Bronx International Inc and its subsidiaries Bronx/Taylor- Wilson Ltd and Abbey International Inc were acquired by the Fives Group, a company headquartered in Paris, France. Fives, whose brands include Fives DMS, Fives Stein, Fives Cinetic and Fives Solios, has been developing competence

in both industrial engineering and project management for almost two centuries. The group designs and supplies process equipment, production lines and plant facilities on a turnkey basis for major industrial companies. From 3 January, Bronx International Inc and Abbey International Inc changed their

names to Fives Bronx, Inc, and Bronx/ Taylor-Wilson Ltd changed name to Fives Bronx, Ltd.

Fives Group – France Fax: +33 1 45 23 75 71 Email: contact@fivesgroup.com Website: www.fivesgroup.com

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Imatek makes first sale into Russia

IMATEK has installed a 30,000J DWT40- 30, drop weight tear tester (DWTT) at Ural Steel in Novotroitsk, Russia. The DWT40-30 replaces an older machine and will be used to test the fracture properties of steel used in the manufacture of large diameter pipe for the oil and gas industries. This is a significant installation for Imatek

as it represents the company’s first sale into Russia following the appointment of new distributor, Uralsibpromservice (USPS) based in Chelyabinsk. Ural Steel is a subsidiary of the holding company Metalloinvest and is the largest enterprise in the South Ural region and one of the eight leading metallurgical integrated works in Russia. The company was founded

in 1955. Today, Ural Steel is a significant niche steel producer, holding the top market position in production of strips, tube billets, bridge steel, machinery construction steel and billets for exports. The products of Ural Steel are highly demanded in Russia and the CIS as well as on the international markets. Customers include leading enterprises from such countries as Russia, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Iran, China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand. The use of higher grade steels in the oil, gas and manufacturing industries is creating the need for a new generation of specialist impact testers. Imatek offers a range of DWTT systems for measuring the fracture characteristics of steel specimens according to API recommended practice 5L3, EN 10274 and ASTM-E 436. Steel grades of X120 and specimens of up to 50mm can be accommodated. A major feature of the Imatek range is the high-quality instrumentation and analysis software that provides detailed information, both graphical and tabular, for the specimen failure. Whereas historically the DWTT test method has not required instrumentation, more recent research indicates that it is of significant benefit when testing the tougher X-steels. Instrumentation enables crack initiation, and most importantly crack propagation energies, for the specimen to be determined which is considered a better measure of ‘in-use’ performance for these steels than visual assessment of the fracture surface. Imatek Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1438 829054

Email: info@imatek.co.uk Website: www.imatek.co.uk

The drop weight tear tester

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Tenaris trusts in Danobat

production and budgetary requirements for medium and high production applications. Danobat is one of the largest machine tools manufacturers in Europe, and is part of the machine tool division of the Mondragon Corporation, one of the most prestigious Spanish industrial holdings. The Mondragon Corporation has a workforce of nearly 100,000 people, and a turnover of €15bn. Danobat – Spain Fax: +34 9437 43138 Website: www.danobat.com conveyor industry. Prolifique Rolls recently received a large order of approximately $3.5 million to manufacture more than 12,000 rolls for an Indian OEM for one of the largest steel producers in the country, currently on a massive expansion. Prolifique Rolls has seen a robust growth of 100% in the last two years and as a result is expanding its manufacturing capacity to maintain the growth pattern. Prolifique Rolls Pvt Ltd – India Fax: +91 129 4159717 Email: tchaudhary@prolifiquerolls.com

TENARIS and Danobat have signed another contract for capital equipment at the pipe finishing facilities in Campana, Argentina. The contract covers the replacement of two old Cridan machines with the latest high efficiency pipe threading lathes manufactured by Danobat. The machines are being equipped with the

latest technology in order to reinforce the premier finishing capability of the plant. Danobat is a global solution provider of OCTG pipe finishing and coupling manufacturing. The company is a single source supplier for machines available with the parts handling and/or automation, and tooling and process development. Machines can be tailored to the user’s

Order for 12,000 rolls

PROLIFIQUERolls Pvt Ltd is a roll and tooling manufacturing company based in Northern India, with experience of manufacturing rolls over a period of 15 years. Around two years ago the company’s brand name was changed to Prolifique Rolls when new management took charge of the manufacturing facility. The company provides quick delivery and uses high quality material imported from Europe. Over the last two years the

company has received numerous orders from reputed international firms based all over Europe, North America, Africa and South East Asia. Its manufacturing facility uses the latest CNC turning centres, imported from Germany, to deliver high quality and precision end products that are used in various sectors, including auto and bicycle industry, construction, engineering, petroleum, boiler and heat exchanger and

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