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Pines ships huge pipe bending machine to India

Controlling the bending operations is a Pines TS 2000 touch screen PC- based CNC control. The control features a user-friendly interface, high resolution graphics, on-screen diagnostics, help screens, owners manual with machine blue prints, and links to Pines service, sales and tooling departments. The control can network with other benders, CMMs and BHEL master computers. Ian Williamson, Pines CEO said: “We’re looking forward to our continued partnership with BHEL as they develop power generation equipment and solutions for the fast growing Indian economy.”

system that can handle pipe bundles weighing 20 tons and up to 8m in length. Shorter pipes can be loaded in the front of the carriage. Longer pipes load from the rear. To prevent wall thinning when pipes are bent, the CNC 250 bender is equipped with a 55,000-lbf Pressure Die Assist (PDA) booster. This is a critical requirement for high pressure, energy- related pipe bending applications. Pines has done extensive research on the variables that causewall thinning and this experience has been incorporated into its booster systems. Tool design, boost pressure, speed and boost sequence are all controlled to produce optimum bending results. Pines Technology originally developed the PDA booster for the US Navy and it is now fitted to a variety of Pines machines.

PINES Technology, an Ohio, USA-based manufacturer of pipe bendingmachinery, has almost completed its contract to supply ten heavy duty pipe bending machines to Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL). BHEL is an integrated power generation equipment supplier and one of the largest engineering and manufacturing companies in India. The benders are being installed at BHEL’s high pressure and seamless tube plants in Tamilnadu and Ranipet in the southeastern part of India. They will bend pipes ranging from 75 to 250mm in diameter. The CNC 250 is the largest of these benders both in capacity (pipes up to 250mm) and in sheer weight, coming in at over 97 tons. In order to maximise production, the bender was ordered with a pipe loading

Pines Technology – USA Fax: +1 440 835 5556 Email: info@pinestech.com Website: www.pinestech.com

Pines CNC 250 bending machine pipe loading system

Norma strengthens in Russia NORMA Group, a global market and technology leader for engineered joining technology, is continuing its growth path with a new distribution centre in Moscow, strengthening its distribution network in Russia and Eastern Europe. The distribution centre is located in the north west of Moscow near the international airport Sheremetyevo, on the premises of an external logistics services provider. The company plans to also start shipping to customers in Belarus and Kazakhstan from the distribution centre in Moscow.

Norma Group manufactures a wide range of engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories (clamp, connect and fluid), and offers around 35,000 products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 90 countries. Its joining products can be found in vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft, domestic appliances, engines and plumbing systems, as well as in applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

The group has been selling its joining products and solutions to local distribution companies via the distribution centre in Moscow since July 2012. With the new facility, the company is strengthening its customer relationships in the Russian and Eastern European market since clients benefit from shorter delivery times and superior product availability.

“After having built a production facility in Russia in 2010 already, we are now extending our distribution network in this region,” said Werner Deggim, CEO of Norma Group. “Our new presence in Moscow caters to the growing local and Eastern European demand for engineered joining technology.”

Norma Group AG – Germany Fax: +49 6181 6102 7640 Website: www.normagroup.com

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