TPT July 2012

Industry News

‘Hydra Green’ technology a success at Düsseldorf

drastically reducing noise emissions by as much as 50 per cent. The system also achieves a major reduction in the amount of hydraulic maintenance required, while the smaller hydraulic reservoir uses a remarkable 65 per cent less oil. The technology’s functionality will also allow for enhanced machine motion control by using the variable speed of the servo pump to control oil flow rate and machine speed. The new eb80 ESRB machine represents a significant alternative to the existing world renowned DB 75 machine but with major cost advantages achieved through removing the ball screw providing the boost and allowing the gearbox and motor instead to provide the force required for boosting, enabling freeform bending for the full length of the bed. Given the cost of floorspace at any facility, the new machine’s modular design also has significant benefits if bed length flexibility is important. The standard machine itself is two metres long but offers the capability to increase in length by bolting two sections together to extend the bed when required, converting the machine easily and cheaply to a three/four metre model. AddisonMckee – UK Email: paspinall@addisonmckee.com Website: www.addisonmckee.com business sectors within our company at the moment. Our unique product offering, which covers the entire fluid process from front to back, means I get to work with interesting product technology; and I am looking forward to working with the team of people around me, transferring that into a creative cost saving opportunity for our customers.” Quaker Chemical Corporation – USA Fax: +1 610 832 8682 Email: info@quakerchem.com Website: www.quakerchem.com

new IO ‘Hydra Green’ sizing machine, along with its new eb80 ESRB machine, attracted considerable interest. The company’s new ‘Hydra Green’ technology is designed to allow its latest end-forming equipment to take advantage of hydraulic power without the constant noise, heat and energy usage associated with traditional hydraulic power units. Whereas traditional hydraulic systems for endforming machines use an AC motor continuously driving a hydraulic pump even when the machine is not in use and no oil pressure and/or flow is required, AddisonMckee’s new technology is designed so that the

TUBE bending design, manufacture and supply and end-forming technologies expert AddisonMckee of Ohio, Ontario and Bamber Bridge, UK, has announced one of its most successful ever appearances at a trade show with its recent attendance at Tube Düsseldorf 2012. From the moment the show opened its doors to over 30,000 international trade visitors from over 100 countries, the AddisonMckee stand created a buzz with its new innovations and green technologies. Tube Düsseldorf attendees travel from all over the world in search of groundbreaking new technologies and AddisonMckee’s

pump is in operation only when there is a demand for pressure/ flow. In the final analysis, the ‘Hydra Green’ solution, at the heart of the new HG70 range of end formers, will deliver a number of key benefits over a traditional hydraulic circuit in terms of using 50 per cent less electricity due to the significantly reduced duty cycle of the hydraulic pump, minimising heat emissions and

AddisonMckee showed its Hydra Green technology at Tube 2012 Business manager appointed

The company has announced that, with effect from 1 August 2012, Andy Barker will be promoted to the position of tube and pipe business manager, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). John Fivash will retire from this role at the same time. With just under twenty years at Quaker, Mr Barker brings a vast amount of experience to the role, gained from working within various business sectors in the company. Mr Barker commented: “I am delighted to be given this opportunity to work in one of the most exciting

QUAKER Chemical supplies the tube and pipe industry with system-wide expertise, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of processing fluids and coatings, with manufacturing and R&D facilities in 18 countries. The company’s capabilities include process expertise, and custom-formulated process fluids and coatings for all production operations in welded and seamless tubular mills. The company has technical support staff in each of the major industrialised regions of the world, to support local business.

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