TPI July 2012

handl ing & logist ics

On/off magnetic tube and pipe lifter Industrial Magnetics, Inc provides permanent and electromagnetic solutions, as well as state-of-the-art metal detection systems to meet the exact needs of any application. The company’s new Magnetic Tube & Pipe Lifter is designed to assist in stacking, destacking, loading and unloading for a variety of steel tube and pipe applications. In addition, the Magnetic Tube Lifter positively holds the load during transfer and only requires a short burst of shop air to release. This failsafe design requires no electricity or battery backup and prevents the load from being dropped during a power outage or system air loss, ensuring safer working conditions.

The Tube Lifter is suitable for destacking nested tubing, hydroforming, roll- forming, packing, cutting or tube and pipe fabrication applications. Industrial Magnetics, Inc – USA doleary@magnetics.com www.magnetics.com

The Magnetic Tube Lifter incorporates several powerful, rare earth permanent magnets that can move many round, square or custom shaped tubes at once, reducing cycle times in tube handling applications. The design of the magnetic circuit prevents tubes from rolling or shifting during transport.

IMI’s Tube Lifter

Streamlining OCTG asset management Many oil and gas companies continue to struggle with one of the most difficult inventory control problems: the storage and movement of OCTG material to, from and within pipe storage and service facilities. which can result in inaccuracies due to human error. This can lead to products being double sold, misplaced or mistakenly reported. It can also make it difficult, if not impossible, to give timely answers to questions that need to be addressed.

get an accurate depiction of where their inventory is at any point in time. This ensures that everyone from the plant manager to the forklift operator is ‘on the same page’. The software requires less time and resources to handle all OCTG inventory within the facility, which is key for this solution-driven industry. New methods of streamlining day-to- day operations are constantly being developed. TDS is the only inventory control software designed to work with the Tally-Rite ® system that was created to allow two people – not three – to tally material, immediately reducing direct labour costs. scan systems corporation – USA info@scansystems.com www.scansystems.com

Some use antiquated systems or adapt inventory management programs designed for other applications because they are unaware of cost-efficient and productive software platforms that treat OCTG assets the way they would like. From pipe brokers to exploration services, oil and gas asset managers need to know what they have in supply at a given time. Service facilities often use methods such as the card system or complicated spreadsheets to track pipe movement, pipe storage, pipe threading, heat treatment, pipe inspection and pipe transportation,

Scan Systems TDS ® (Tubular Data Systems) is a specialised piece of software that was built by ‘pipe people’ to address the very specific needs within this industry. The inventory control and management software was built explicitly for the storage, handling and reporting of OCTG materials. Software such as TDS provides not only an OCTG inventory management solution, but also a business process model that can help streamline the operations within the pipe yard or service facility. As a result, all parties

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Tube ProducTs InTernaTIonal July 2012

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