TPT July 2013

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Pumps and valves for added safety

which prevents leakage of the pumped liquid to the atmosphere, shaft ducts, stuffing boxes or mechanical seals have become obsolete. Since then, the company has developed titanium pumps and other magnetic systems, and has expanded its product range from the main products of gate, globe and check valves to additional valve types like overflow valves, bottom valves, y-type strainers and sight glasses. The Klaus Union product range consists of pumps and valves for almost any industrial sector. Applications involve refrigeration and heat engineering, power plants, liquid gas plants and electroplating. Corrosion- resistant materials, often including alloys on a nickel or titanium base, constitute the basis of all products, together with steel and stainless steel. Due to the provision of materials to a wide range of industries, quality control is extremely important, and Klaus Union has a sophisticated internal quality management system that ensures high levels of safety in each product that the company produces. Klaus Union Service GmbH was established as a separate entity, specifically to increase the efficiency of the provision of customer service. This branch allows the company to extend its service to include training programmes and seminars that reflect reality and not theory.

to quality, service life and safety. Klaus Union guarantees operational reliability and environmental protection to all stakeholders. In 1955, Klaus Union developed the first magnetic drive and presented it to the world at ACHEMA in Frankfurt, Germany. The company states that this magnetic drive is still considered one of the most secure sealing systems. Thanks to the magnet drive in combination with an isolation shell,

KLAUS Union Corporation was founded in 1946, in Bochum, Germany. The company holds numerous patents and stocks a versatile range of pumps and valves. The company mainly supplies to the petrochemical and chemical industries, which expect a high quality of products and services. Particularly when aggressive, toxic and explosive products are pumped, no compromises are allowed with regard

Klaus Union has been supplying pumps and valves since the 1940s

Klaus Union GmbH & Co KG – Germany Fax: +49 234 45 95 7000 Email: info@klaus-union.de Website: www.klaus-union.de

Seamless pipe machinery DANIELI Centro Tube, part of Danieli Group, constructs machinery and turnkey plants for the supply of seamless pipe, mainly for the petroleum, energy and mechanical industries. design of main machines in pipe plants, and is able to offer a complete package (mechanical, electrical, automation and reheating systems) under the same management, with the consequent advantages in coordination through all stages of the project up to the closing stages of commissioning.

through the worldwide manufacturing facilities creates a wider offering, from single equipment to turnkey projects including finishing lines. The new Danieli portfolio for pipe plants now includes ERW lines for pipes up to 26"; longitudinal SAW lines for pipes up to 64"; and spiral SAW lines for pipes up to 120". Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche SpA – Italy Fax: +39 02 2624 5220 Website: www.danieli.com

The company’s equipment and technologies allow it to meet the demand for increasing seamless pipe quality requirements. It is able to cover plants up to one million tpy, from 1" to 28", including finishing lines and single equipment. Danieli Centro Tube guarantees top process technology and mechanical

Danieli W+K completes the supply programme for pipe production of Danieli & C with its portfolio in the (LD) welded pipe plant. The consolidated design of the German company with the Danieli group sales and service network and

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