TPI January 2014

products & developments Mini clamp for thin-walled hoses

ABA Mini clamps feature rolled- up band edges that are gentle on hoses; the band tongue is profiled for added strength. The screw has a hexagonal head and can be tightened with a flexible socket.

Norma Group has launched a new ABA Mini W1 clamp for thin-walled hoses with small diameters, such as fuel, pneumatic or water hoses. The clamp has been equipped with a band of pre-galvanised steel and a combi slot screw, to improve the clamp’s corrosion resistance and allow mounting the clamp with various tools. “It is the small improvements that often bring about large benefits for our customers,” says Bernd Kleinhens, board member, business development, at Norma Group. “Our optimised ABA Mini clamp grants a bigger choice of tools when applying our technology and thus facilitates assembly. It also provides a better clamping force compared to screwless clamps.”

The nut is retained even if the screw is removed.

The new ABA Mini W1 clamp will replace existing ranges of ABA Mini W1 and ABA Mini SM W1. Hose and pipe clamps produced under the ABA trademark are available in many

types and standards, and are distributed via a network of selected companies specialising in volume distribution in their national market segments.

Norma’s ABA Mini clamp

Norma Group SE – Germany www.normagroup.com

Lubricant-free coating for threaded connections TMK has implemented Green Well – a new technology for lubricant-free coating for threaded connections. coating complies with environmental standards and ensures safer operating conditions.

Russian and international oil and gas majors.”

TMK manufactures and supplies steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, operating 28 production sites in the USA, Russia, Canada, Romania, Oman, UAE and Kazakhstan, and two R&D centres in Russia and the USA. In 2012, TMK’s pipe shipments totalled 4.22 million tonnes. The largest share of sales belongs to high margin oil country tubular goods, shipped to customers in over 80 countries. TMK delivers its products along with an extensive package of services in heat treating, protective coating, premium connections threading, warehousing and pipe repairing.

“Oil and gas companies have very special requirements to the quality of pipes used in challenging climate and geological conditions, and our new product development programme meets all of them,” said Sergei Bilan, TMK’s vice president for premium products and services. “One of the most promising areas for us is creating new premium products with lubricant-free coating. Lubricant-free pipe columns are the technology of the future given the environmental friendliness and high performance of the new coating. The launch of these innovations opens up new opportunities for us in bidding for contracts of Rosneft and other

Casing pipes with TMK PF premium connections and the new coating were used for assembling casing columns run into the wells at Rosneft’s Vankorskoye field. The Green Well lubricant-free tech- nology ensures pressure-tightness of the casing columns without using thread-sealing lubricants, which reduces the sinking preparation time by eliminating the thread cleaning required before applying the lubricants. Reducing preparation time as a result of implementing the lubricant-free technology helps oil and gas producers cut overall production costs. In addition, the Green Well lubricant-free

TMK – Russia tmk@tmk-group.com www.tmk-group.com

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