TPT January 2013

Industry News

New project manager for Arc Energy

Resources ARC Energy Resources, a supplier of weld overlay cladding and high quality fabrications, has expanded its client support team with the appointment of Mark Farrell as a project manager. Mr Farrell, who has a degree in mechanical engineering, brings 10 years’ project management experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, having worked for a manufacturer of pipeline components for subsea installations, and dealtwithmanyofthemajoroilcompanies. He commented that he is looking forward to working with the Arc Energy project team and, as he lives 30 minutes from Arc Energy’s Gloucestershire factory, is particularly pleased that his experience is now helping to support a local business. He added that he was impressed with the emphasis Arc Energy places

on company and staff development to ensure that its highly specialised welding techniques meet the requirements demanded by clients who manufacture a wide range of specialist oilfield equipment. Welcoming Mr Farrell, managing director Alan Robinson said his experience is an excellent fit with Arc Energy’s existing business, and being able to fill a key position locally is a bonus. Arc Energy Resources recently made a major investment in two new rotating head welding machines, costing £500,000. This has increased productivity and extended the size and scope of work the company can handle, which now includes complicated component geometries for full or partial cladding, and

Mark Farrell

fabrication of a wide range of component sizes weighing up to 15 tonnes. The company’s in-house designed cladding workstations feature state-of- the-art control systems developed to suit its customers’ specialised engineering requirements, and can clad bores up to 4m in diameter and areas of restricted access within bores as small as 20mm diameter. Arc Energy also offers in-house test weld, heat treatment, PMI and NDT facilities.

Arc Energy Resources – UK Email: sales@arcenergy.co.uk Website: www.arcenergy.co.uk

Universal Tube & Rollform builds a 4" rafted tube mill

diverse customer base. Its partnership with Universal Controls Group, a rapidly growing controls supplier, has enabled it to offer a wide array of cost efficient services. To complement Universal Tube & Rollform’s used tube mill and rollforming lines Universal Controls Group offers expandable mill control systems that are pre-engineered or custom-built to customer specifications. Its pre- engineered systems can cut delivery time in half and keep costs low. Universal Tube & Rollform upholds high standards of integrity and reliability. It is a proud member of the Machinery Dealers National Association, the Tube and Pipe Association International, the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Ardcor tube mill with used stands, side closers, weld pressure and bases. New are the scarfing unit, raft plates, turksheads, shift boxes and gearboxes along with new controls manufactured by Universal Controls Group. The tube mill will include both new and used materials, keeping cost down and saving time during the rebuild process. Universal Tube & Rollform’s knowledgeable engineers provided cost effective solutions by redesigning the

STEPHENS Pipe & Steel, LLC, manufacturer and distributor of fence materials in the USA and Canada, has commissioned Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation to build a 4" tube mill using both new and used materials. The Ardcor rafted tube mill will be used to produce tubes up to 4" in diameter at Stephens Pipe & Steel’s Russell Springs, Kentucky plant. Universal Tube & Rollform will supply to Stephens Pipe & Steel a rebuilt

original Ardcor mill to be rafted with a second set of Ardcor stands and cone gearboxes. For over a quarter of a century Universal Tube & Rollform has established itself as a global leader in the metalworking industry supplying quality used tube, pipe and rollform machinery. This latest order is an example of how it has expanded capabilities to better serve an ever-growing and

Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation – USA Email: sales@utubeonline.com Website: www.utubeonline.com

4" tube mill

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