TPT July 2013

Industry News

T-DRILL CUT-OFF T-DRILL TCC- machines are designed for chipless cutting of coil and straight tube for sizes Ø 1.5 - 45 mm

Weld box completed

RAFTER Equipment Corporation has completed a RT- 4500 weld squeeze box for a major North American API pipe producer. The box is part of an upgrade to the customer’s existing HFI pipe mill. It is sized for up to 114.3mm OD x 6.7mm wall (4.5" OD x 0.262" wall) HSLA steel pipe. The design includes push-on-centre squeeze roll adjustments, high-capacity tapered roller bearings within the roll tools, and central lubrication piping. This project is the first of two weld box upgrades for this customer.

Rafter Equipment Corporation – USA Website: www.rafterequipment.com

NAP Gladu acquires BC Saw QUINTEC, the tooling platform company owned by Tenex Capital Management, has announced the completion of the acquisition of BC Saw, Toronto, Canada, by its NAP Gladu subsidiary. BC Saw has specialised in the sale and service of carbide saws, routers, insert tooling, diamond tooling, metal saws and custom tooling since 1966. The company has built a reputation of offering superior tool design, product quality, exceptional service and technical support, in addition to an extensive product catalogue. NAP Gladu currently operates a tooling service centre located in Mississauga, Ontario, that will be merged with BC Saw. Co-owner of BC Saw, Doug Reid, commented, “BC Saw has developed a very strong core business in the Ontario market that will benefit from greater product offering, advanced custom tool design capabilities and investment support provided by NAP Gladu.” NAP Gladu president Brad Stack stated, “We are very excited about the addition of BC Saw to the NAP Gladu network of tool manufacturing and service operations in NorthAmerica. Both companies serve a large base of premier customers in the woodworking and metalworking industries and our combined expertise will create exceptional value for our expanding customer base.”

Highly automated tube processing for automotive and air conditioning industries T-DRILL COLLARING

NAP Gladu – USA Fax: +1 800 457 7458 Website: www.napgladu.com BC Saw – Canada Fax: +1 416 251 7268 Email: info@bcsaw.com Website: www.bcsaw.com

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