TPT March 2012

I ndustry N ews Trial facility for plasma annealing PLASMAIT GmbH, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and strip production, has opened a dedicated test facility for continuous annealing and cleaning of tubes. Tube manufacturers are welcome to test plasma heat and surface treatment on their materials at Plasmait’s facility in Lebring, Austria. The plasma treatment facility has been designed to perform heat treatment, degreasing and deoxidation on a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials with OD range between 0.1 and 10mm. Plasmait has successfully performed trials on copper, copper alloy, stainless steel and nickel alloy tubes. According to Plasmait’s R&D director, Peter Ziger, the dedicated tube trial facility is now available to all tube manufacturers who strive to improve the quality of their tubular products. Plasma treatment will most benefit applications with demanding surface quality requirements or challenging annealing requirements. Such applications are usually found in sectors such as medical, precision mechanical, electronics, aerospace and energy sectors. Other tube manufacturers may want to consider plasma annealing to reduce energy use or purging gas consumption, or to replace chemical surface treatments with dry, chemical-free degreasing, surface cleaning or deoxidation. Manufacturers of coated tubular products may find plasma surface preparation prior to coating or metallic plating an area of potential interest. Since the introduction of plasma heat and surface treatment process in the wire industry in 2003, Plasmait has continuously improved the process and widened the application scope to include annealing and surface treatment of tubes and flat products.

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From tube up to diameter 100mm

TUBE CUTTING AND CHAMFERING MACHINES Material : steel, stainless steel, copper, titanium, zirconium... Main applications : heat exchangers, automotive fuel and brake tube, aircraft industry, nuclear industry

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Email: info@plasmait.com Website: www.plasmait.com

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From coil diameter 1 up to 45mm

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