TPT September 2007

T ube M ills: R olling & F orming M ethods

Experienced manufacturer of advanced tube mills Gallium, India, is involved in the design and construction of advanced tube mills and finishing machines. The company’s product range is well established in the tube industry and includes high speed forming cold saw cut-offs, automatic bundling machines, multi-tube high pressure hydrotesters and universal forming mills. Gallium mills provide the latest features including quick change mechanisms, helical gear boxes for distribution of high efficiency power, oscillating type OD based cutting tools, inline straighteners (19 roll), and SG cast stands for excellent damping properties. An online stretch-reducing mill is available for small diameter tubes. The company also supplies other equipment including double mandrel uncoilers, horizontal accumulators, and tube straightening machines. Gallium – India Fax : +91 129 2309619

Eddy current inspection system for tube mills

EddyTech Systems Inc, USA, is the authorised North American agent for Prüftechnik-NDT, a provider of eddy current inspection equipment for the tube and pipe industry. For seam-welded tube producers, the company’s on-line systems continuously monitor the welding process, delivering instant feedback to the mill operator when fi The Eddychek-5 Advanced includes a colour touch-screen display

deteriorating conditions occur that may lead to weld seam failure. The new Eddychek-5 Advanced is housed in an environmentally controlled enclosure, and features a large, colour LCD touch- screen display. The unit provides outputs for all required marking, warning and sorting devices. It includes networking capabilities along with the Windows XP ‘Embedded’ operating system, which makes the system virtually hack-proof. Coupled with Eddytrend digital recording software, the Eddychek-5 becomes a powerful data collection and archiving system. Using new data compression algorithms, 100 per cent of the amplitude and vector component signals from each tube are retained. Signals may then be played back in real time for later analysis. In addition, they can be printed in document form or emailed as HTML.

EddyTech Systems, Inc – USA Fax : +1 440 234 4810 Email : support@eddytech.com Website : www.eddytech.com

Email : mktg@galliumind.com Website : www.galliumindia.com

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