TPT March 2011

23-26 May 2011

Producers of API grade oil and gas pipe may also be interested to discuss Thermatool’s new Smart Annealing system, which when used in conjunction with orbital seam tracking has been designed to provide the operator with a greater level of process control. Inductotherm is also a supplier of Radyne induction heating systems for pipe pre-heating prior to the application of protective coating. Radyne has considerable experience with multi-layered PE and FBE coating applications on pipes up to 120" in diameter. With over 1,400 solid-state HF welders in operation worldwide, Thermatool has a welder for every application. At Tube Russia the company will introduce its new compact single cabinet welder, suitable for tube producers who only need to weld a limited product range. This new welder offers high electrical efficiency at an affordable price, making it an option when replacing older

alloy steel produced by the seamless tube, forging, aircraft and automotive industries. Due to continuous enquiries for circular saw blades for cutting high chromium steel with more than 10% chrome, nickel base alloys, stainless steel, duplex and super duplex, Lennartz decided to offer a suitable cutting tool to meet customers’ requirements. Previously, it was almost impossible to cut these materials economically with carbide-tipped saw blades because of the very low wear life in relation to the cost of the blade. The company states that successful trials together with targeted customers, users and machine manufacturers have shown that the X-max blade is able to achieve life times which are five to seven times higher than conventional circular saw blades. Cutting the X20Cr13 grade, the X-max reached a material removal of nearly 16m 2 . Conventional blades reach a material removal of 3m 2 maximum. The same results were proven when cutting P91/T91. The achieved wear life is 9 to 13m 2 , compared to 3 to 5m 2 . Alloys that were nearly impossible to cut with any saw blade, are now said to be easy work for the X-max blade. With the X-max blade, one customer achieved a material removal of more than 7m 2 when cutting super duplex material. Further wear life tests and enhancements are planned to further improve the blades’ performance. Lennartz claims that using the X-max blade is an advantage for any application with difficult alloys or steel grades, and that this applies for cutting tubes (single or layer) as well as for cutting billets.

Markator Manfred Borries GmbH Germany

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THE CNC handheld marking system MV5 M75 has been equipped with a new space- saving controller, MV5 ZE 301 XL, as part of Markator’s XL product development project. The controller’s features include a high- resolution LC colour display and three USB interfaces. These new interfaces enable the use of a PC keyboard, a barcode scanner or a USB memory stick. The transfer of marking files from an external PC or the administration of logo files can be performed easily. Software update is possible via USB. Hundreds of marking files or logos can be saved directly on the controller, and an external hard disk is unnecessary. The device is a compact, electro- pneumatically operated marking system for efficient, permanent and quick markings for all kind of metal parts (even hardened steel, up to maximum 62 HRC), plastics, wood, glass, etc, with variable texts. It can also mark finished products that are sensitive to pressure, thin walled, laminated or round. The system is specially developed for marking on heavy and unmovable parts directly on location. Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei GmbH Austria Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei GmbH (MFL), Austria provides customised sawing and milling equipment for tube manufacturers all over the world. The product range includes: plate edge milling machines for ERW pipes; strip edge milling machines for longitudinal welded pipes; circular layer sawing machines for seamless pipes and profiles; circular single cut sawing machines for tubes, billets, ingots and profiles; and welding seam processing machines and pipe bevelling machines. The unique welding seam processing machine removes the overlaying inner and outer welding seam of large-diameter pipes over a length of 400mm. This process offers a number of advantages compared to the common, manual grinding process. Fax: +49 7144 8575 600 Email: info@markator.de Website: www.markator.de

thermionic valve units. Fax: +1 609 267 7894

Email: info@inductothermgroup.com Website: www.inductothermgroup.com

Gebr Lennartz GmbH & Co KG Germany

GEBRÜDER Lennartz GmbH & Co KG manufactures and supplies carbide-tipped circular saw blades for the ferrous and non- ferrous industry. The company has introduced a new development in saw blade technology. The X-max blade is a circular tipped saw blade designed for cutting special and high

Fax: +49 2191 9960 60 Email: info@lennartz.de Website: www.lennartz.de

MV5 M75 ZE 301 XL CNC marking system

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