TPi January 2012

products & developments

Fin-fan assembly Power Fin Technologies has introduced a fin-fan ‘matrix’ system. The company claims its new fin-fan matrix construction is the fastest production machine in the world.

design ensure longevity in the field. Field trials will be carried out in the New Year. Engineering director Andrew Price, designer of the servo assisted hydraulic machine, commented, “We have engineered out the soft spirally wound tubes, the ‘buckle’ clips, and replaced them with a simple but tough ‘fortress of stability’ with matching performance even following high pressure cleaning.” Power Fin Technologies Ltd – UK info@powerfin.co.uk www.powerfin.co.uk

(titanium, all stainless grades, carbon steel, non-ferrous), as well as any tube wall from 0.4mm upwards and fin thickness of 0.1 to 0.4mm. Manufacturing time, it is claimed, is more than halved due to the matrix application. The 0.4mm thick aluminium fin is guaranteed to withstand movement of maintenance personnel across the surface during outages or damage from pressure cleaning, and subsequent rows can be reduced to 0.3mm fins. Various fin enhancements for optimum

The product consists of multiple fins (‘modules’) placed in packs and swaged onto multiple tube nests 25-50 tubes wide x 12m long, whilst maintaining perfect fin spacing, ending up with a ‘cellular’ damage proof fin-fan unit. Available ‘add-ons’ include fin spacing, choice of any fin or tube materials

Anti-corrosion for welded steel tubing Markin Tubing has over 50 years’ experience of manufacturing low-carbon, small-diameter, welded steel tube with technically advanced coating systems, including durable, formable and versatile Galfan ® coated steel tube. Widely used by industries in North America, Canada, Europe and Asia, Galfan coated steel tubing (consisting of a zinc/aluminium alloy) is used as an alternative to PVF, PVDF and nylon coatings, as well as other substrates such as stainless steel, copper and aluminium. Applied in-line to the outside surface of steel tubing,

Markin’s Galfan coated steel tubing is then layered with an aluminium rich epoxy paint topcoat to enhance the advanced protective properties.

Markin Tubing LP – USA www.markin.com

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Tube Products International January 2012

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