TPi July 2008

developments products &

Steel tubes from Italy

Spray mark systems for precise dot and line marking REA Elektronik, Germany,

Acciaitubi Spa, Italy, is a family-run business founded in 1961.

manufactures non-contact coding and marking equipment for industrial applications. The company’s versatile printers can be used for printing on many products and surfaces, and have proven to be reliable in the toughest industries, such as steel. The company will be presenting its coding and marking systems at the EuroBLECH show in Hanover,

The company aims to meet customers’ requirements by combining steel knowledge, by-products processing and quality research, with production flexibility and the ability to adapt to the market. The company produces welded steel tubes for specific applications, including: • black galvanised tubes, according to EN 10219 standards, for structural applications, from ½" to 4" diameter • welded steel tubes from 18 to 60mm diameter for automotive/furniture applications • black galvanised tubes, painted according to EN 10255 L1 LII M standards, from 1" to 6" diameter, for hydrothermosanitary applications • galvanised tubes according to Uni 7683 Ad Pe standards, from½" to 4", for electrical applications (conduit) • tubes for gas-water pipes, coated outside with bitumen and inside with bitumen primer (for water), according to EN 10208-1 EN 10244 standards • tubes for boilers/water pipes, black and painted on demand for boilers according to EN 10217 standards, from 1½" to 8" diameter Acciaitubi’s welded steel tubes for gas-water connections are available outside coated with melted/extruded polyethylene and inside galvanised (for water) according to EN 10255 standards, or outside coated with bitumen and inside with bitumen primer (for water) according to EN 10255 standards. The diameter range for both types of tube is ½" to 4". The company also produces seamless steel tubes for hydrothermosanitary applications. The tubes are black, galvanised, and painted according to EN 10255M, from ½" to 4" diameter.

The REA-JET-ST spray marking system S S

including the REA-JET ST spray technology marking system, which is designed to apply all types of lacquer, inks, adhesives, lubricating greases, resins and mould release agents. REA states that its customers have very special requirements in terms of short drying time, as well as clear visibility and legibility of the actual mark on oily, greasy, damp, absorbent and hot or dirty surface areas. Applications for the REA-JET ST spray mark system include the marking of accepted or rejected production parts after quality inspection; marking of cutting, bending and folding-edges; application of contrast mirrors or dot marking of electrical boards or shock absorber springs. The automatic REA- JET spray mark systems are easy to use and have low maintenance costs, and provide repeatability of a high quality mark in every mounting direction. The compact design allows for trouble-free integration into an existing production environment. The size and saturation of the mark can be adapted to the user’s specifications by use of a simple adjustment procedure, and several spray mark heads can be combined to form a spray mark block.

REA Elektronik GmbH – Germany info@rea.de • www.rea-jet.de

First environmentally friendly pipe coating line in Ukraine

and transported. The new coating is also environmentally friendly, as it contains no harmful substances. Aleksey Slyusarev, Interpipe director of production and investments, commented, “This new equipment brings together the best combination of ecological sustainability and functionality. On the one hand it is environmentally safe for our workers and on the other, it is a great opportunity to coat different pipe types, and improve the commodity properties and performance of our products.” Interpipe – Ukraine officechudnovskydp@interpipe.biz www.interpipe.biz

As part of its ongoing strategic investment programme, tubular wheel company Interpipe has launched a project to build a pipe coating line based at Interpipe NTRP. The planned production capacity of the line is 250,000 tons of pipes per year, and it will be the first of its size in Ukraine. The process of ultraviolet polymerisation will be used to coat the pipes, and will take less than two seconds to dry. The new coating will protect the pipes from corrosion for a long-term period – a key factor when the product is being kept

Acciaitubi SpA – Italy info@acciaitubi.it www.acciaitubi.it

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July 2008 Tube Products International