TPT May 2014

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Quench and temper line CAN-ENG Furnaces has been

product heat treatment systems, rotary hearth furnace systems, plate quench and temper furnace systems, plate normalising furnaces systems, basketless heat treatment systems (BHTS™), T4, T5, T6 and T7 heat treatment systems, and a wide array of custom furnaces solutions. The company also offers a comprehensive after-market support team delivering system upgrades, technical support and replacement parts. Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd – Canada Fax: +1 905 356 1817 Email: furnaces@can-eng.com Website: www.can-eng.com incorporated into the layout of Hall 4. Workshops on a variety of topics will be offered in addition to the lectures. Experts from around the world will be on-hand to engage conference participants in an exchange on the innovations from the dynamically growing valve technology segment and related upstream and downstream technologies. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 4560 87 541 Website: www.messe-duesseldorf.de workshop is currently under construction and scheduled to start operations in 2014. Overall, the company is working on cutting manufacturing costs even more with production-optimised design plus greater efficiency in engineering, manufacturing and logistics. The SMS group has identified a surge in demand for green technology solutions, also a big issue on the Chinese market. The same goes for small revamps with short return-on- investment periods. According to Dr Schönbeck, “There is a vast potential for future growth here.”

transformation (CCT) curves, and other process enhancements designed into the equipment. The overall line layout covers a footprint of 6m wide by 147m long, and includes a roller hearth load table, indirect fired roller hearth austenitise furnace, restrained roller spray quench, transfer tables, roller hearth temper furnace, and unload tables with cooling system and water filtration circuit. The overall functionality and product application is based on similar reference technology Can-Eng installed in the USA in the past seven years. Can-Eng product lines include continuous mesh belt furnace systems, continuous steel long

contracted to supply a wide plate quench and temper line for the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). The equipment will be installed at the Special Plate Plant facility of the Rourkela Steel Plant, Orissa, India. The roller hearth furnace technology will incorporate a custom-designed restrained roller spray quench that will accommodate plates from 6 to 100mm in thickness, and widths from 1,200 to 3,300mm wide in a variety of HSLA and proprietary alloys. The complete turnkey installation includes Can-Eng’s Level II automation system, predictive modelling software based on continuous cooling

Valve World Expo 2014 VALVE World Expo takes place for the third time in Düsseldorf from 2 to 4 December 2014. With exhibition space of more than 16,000m 2 already sold and 522 exhibitors from 35 countries confirmed, the event is fully booked. The fair presents valves and fittings along with relevant components and parts, actuators and positioners, pumps, compressors, engineering services and software. Traditionally, European companies from the UK, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Turkey, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, Russia and Germany are represented in great numbers. Many exhibitors travel to Düsseldorf from overseas countries such as the USA, India, China, South Korea and Taiwan to attend the trade fair and the congress. Decrease in profit expected AS in 2012, the order intake by the SMS group will be below target for 2013. A net result well short of the previous year is anticipated. the first consolidation of Paul Wurth as well as takeovers of a few smaller companies, but also new jobs in China and India. Exhibition halls 3, 4 and 5 will be occupied, and both the North and the South entrance will be open. Once again, the Valve World Conference will take place at the same time. The conference has been

To ensure high quality, SMS remains committed to producing the most complex components of its machinery and plants in Germany. The company invested heavily over recent years in upgrading its facilities in Hilchenbach and Mönchengladbach. Parallel to these measures, it also expanded its production capacity in China. The focus here ison theprovisionof better customer services locally and the construction of machines specifically designed for the Chinese market. It is a similar picture on the Indian market, where another

Dr Joachim Schönbeck, spokesman of SMS Holding GmbH, said: “Low utilisation of capacities and continuing high raw materials prices are making sales difficult for our customers. That’s why they have been extremely reluctant to invest again this year. Just like last year, order intake has fallen behind our forecasts. So once again, we have to be ready for under-utilisation of capacity in some areas in 2014.” This year, the number of employees including apprentices increased to some 14,000 (2012: 11,822). The reasons are

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