TPi January 2010

Copper Tube

Seamless, extruded and drawn copper and copper alloy manufactured products

copper-based alloy semis, to customer requirements of chemical, mechanical, metallurgical and physical properties. The alloys include aluminium bronze, manganese bronze, naval brass, 90/10 copper nickel, 70/30 copper nickel, forging brass, tellurium copper and nickel silver, in the form of hollows, sections, profiles, rods and wires. These alloys provide a combination of strength, anti-corrosion properties and oxidation resistance. The company also manufactures copper nickel tubes in LWC form, and has an in-house facility to make U-bend tubes, low finned tubes and surface enhanced finned tubes.

Multimetals Limited was founded in 1962 as a joint venture with Revere Copper and Brass Inc, USA. The company is a manu- facturer of seamless extruded drawn copper and copper alloy products including tubes of 90/10, 95/5 and 70/30 cupro nickel, cunifer,aluminiumbrass,admiralty brass, 70/30 brass, 63/37 brass and naval brass conforming to various international standards. The company caters to industries such as air-conditioning, refrigeration, heat exchangers, nuclear and thermal power plants, shipbuilding and repairs, petroleum refineries, sugar plants, defence establishments and naval warships.

Products from Multimetals Ltd

Multimetals Ltd – India sales@multimetals.in www.multimetals.in

In addition to standard products, Multimetals manufactures other

Portable system for brazing or soldering of copper joints

certified Ambrell facility. This portable accessory for the CE-marked Ekoheat system is shielded and tested for ICNIRP conformance. Ambrell also provides system solutions with full-scale output power from 1kW to 500kW across a wide range of output frequencies. Cheltenham Induction Heating – UK sales@cihinduction.com www.cihinduction.com

tools and the mounting rotates through 270° to meet various application configurations. Heating occurs within a 5m radius (optional up to 15m) via a flexible cable that attaches at the power supply. Operation is simplified with a pistol-grip heat-on control that halts heating if released.

Cheltenham Induction Heating, an Ambrell company, has launched a new accessory for the Ekoheat line of induction heating systems. The portable work head is used in both manufacturing and service/repair facilities for brazing or soldering of copper joints. The unit accepts a tool-balancer or a harness for easy positioning. Coil position may be changed with simple

The Ekoheat family of products is manufactured at an ISO 9001:2008

Cheltenham Induction Heating’s portable brazing system

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