TPT March 2011

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Compressed gases safety handbook WELDABILITY-SIF, a UK-based welding consumable and equipment supplier, has published a new 64-page ‘Compressed Gases Safety Handbook’ for personnel handling and using compressed gases in industrial environments. It is important that operatives using compressed gases understand the properties of the gases and are conversant with the relevant Codes of Practice & Guidance Notes issued by the BCGA (British Compressed Gases Association). The book, which is available free of charge, has been written as an educational aid to operatives, and covers in detail the properties of the most common gases OVAKO Tube & Ring has successfully commissioned its new ring rolling plant from SMS Meer. The company has thus expanded the annual capacity of the works in Hofors in Central Sweden to 55,000 tons. The new plant of type RiWa 2000/80 is the world’s largest ring rolling plant in which industrial robots transport and position the workpieces. The fully automated plant consists of a ring-blank press with three permanent work stations and a radial-axial ring rolling machine.

used in industry, the types of regulators used and safety checks required, the importance of using flashback arrestors and why they should be used, as well as the handling and use of oxy-fuel cylinders. The book also discusses manifold systems and the storage and transportation of cylinders, as well as providing information on cryogenic gases, their properties and the hazards when being used. There is also a chapter on solidified carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), its properties, safety precautions required, transportation and disposal. Weldability-SIF is also running a series of one- and two-day gas safety training courses at its headquarters facility in Hertfordshire, UK, which provide practical training and certification of verified achievement in the use, handling, storage and inspection of compressed gas cylinders and associated equipment.

Weldability-SIF – UK Fax: +44 1462 482202

Email: info@weldability-sif.com Website: www.weldability-sif.com

The new compressed gases safety handbook from Weldability-SIF

SMS Meer ring rolling plant commissioned

The modern industrial robots perform the workpiece transfer within the press and between the forming units. “The largest types of robots currently available on the market are in use here. We have equipped them with special gripping tongs for the specific application,” says Robert Düser from the ring rolling product unit at SMS Meer. Ovako Tube & Ring produces profiled rings with rectangular cross section and outside diameters from 200 to 1,200mm on the new plant. The maximum ring height is 350mm, and the weight lies between

50 and 250kg. The products are used in the automotive and machine engineering industries. It is the fourth ring rolling machine from SMS Meer actively in operation in Hofors. Ovako has already ordered a fifth ring rolling machine from SMS Meer. It is scheduled for delivery in 2012. SMS Meer – Germany Fax: +49 211 881 774449 Email: thilo.sagermann@sms-group.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

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