TPT November 2007

From the AmericaS

competing interests, it satisfied no one – except perhaps those who hold that, given the state of the country’s policy on illegal immigrants, any change is for the better. Opposition to the bill turned on two main objections: putting illegal immigrants already in the country on a path to citizenship would forgive them for violating US law (the ’amnesty argument’); and, providing more opportunities for workers to enter legally would take jobs away from American citizens (the ‘cheap labor argument”). The former tended to resonate with conservatives; the latter, with liberals. Together, they blocked any comprehensive approach to immigration reform. There is no shortage of analysis of the probable fallout from the failure. But one aspect will likely long outlast the sour triumphalism of the Republicans in the Senate, who represent the conservative element. In its editorial ‘The Grand Failure’ (29 June), the Los Angeles Times noted that the Republican Party of President George W Bush may pay a higher price than the opposition Democratic Party. The editors cited a USA Today/Gallup poll that shows Latinos gravitating to the Democrats, just as they abandoned the Republicans in California after an earlier state governor pushed an anti-immigrant agenda. During the primary campaign that determines the nominees who will vie to succeed Mr Bush, the Democratic and Republican candidates avoided the immigration question if they could. Over the months leading up to the general election in November 2008, they will have to grasp the nettle – together with some important statistics. According to the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington DC, Hispanics

made up 8.6 per cent of the nation’s eligible voters in 2006, up from 7.4 per cent in 2000.

Around the companies . . .

› Dofasco Tubular Products Corp. (Hamilton, Ontario) on 8 August announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the sale of its stainless steel laser-welded tubular products plant in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to another Canadian company, Samuel Manu-Tech Inc, for US$28.5 million. The tube maker is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dofasco Inc, a member of the ArcelorMittal steel producing group. › Samuel Manu-Tech (Mississauga, Ontario) is a value-added processor and distributor of metals and industrial products and services. On 14 August it announced the acquisition for US$8.75 million of Northland Stainless Inc (Tomahawk, Wisconsin), a designer and manufacturer of stainless steel pressure vessels, tank heads, and related components. › Schulz América Latina (São Paulo, Brazil) has announced plans to build two more stainless pipe mills, both in Rio de Janeiro, at a cost of $66 million. The Preston Pipe Report (Kemah, Texas) said the welded pipe mill is expected to turn out 5,000 to 6,000 metric tons per year (mtpy) of 8" to 36" pipe, some 40 per cent of it for export. That mill was scheduled to come onstream in October. The seamless pipe mill is set for commissioning in December 2008.

Dorothy Fabian, Features Editor (USA)

Galaxie Corporation 4935 Hannan Road • Wayne • MI 48184 • USA Tel : 734 727 0600 • Fax : 734 727 0601

E-mail : machking@galcorp.com Website : www.galaxiecorp.com

FOR SALE

Complete Stainless Tube Mill Plant 2 ½" Stainless Tube Mill Line (4 Mills Available) Thickness: 2mm-.4mm (.080-018) Tube O.D: 15.8mm-60.5mm ( 5 / 8 ") 6-Roll Straightener, End Facer, Re-Cut Machine, Tube Polisher " – 2 1 / 2

6" x .300" McKay API Pipe Mill Four (4) Breakdown Passes, Three (3) Fin Passes, Seam Guide Unit, 300 KW Thermatool, High 6-Roll Frequency Welder, Seam Annealer, Inductoheat 450KW, Three (3) Sizing Passes, Straightening Unit, Rotary Cut Off Wean United, I.D. Scarf, Tooling. 12 ¾" O.D. Yoder ERW Pipe Welding Mill ERW Pipe 6 5 / 8 ", 8 5 / 8 ", 10 3 / 4 " and 12 3 / 4 " O.D. Wall Thickness: 0.196" to 0.375" Length: 35 to 40 ft. 7 1 / 2 " Arbors Five Main Forming Stands, Three Pre-finishing Stands, Three Finishing Stands. 5 Stand McKay 700 Series Squaring Mill This Mill will convert round pipe into square or rectangle pipe examples " x 1" Rectangle 1.900" Round to 2" x 1" Rectangle 2 3 / 8 " Round to 2 1 / 4 " x 1 3 / 8 " Rectangle 1 5 / 8 " Round to 1 1 / 4 " Square 2 3 / 8 " Round to 2" Square Tube Size Range: 7 / 8 " – 2 1 / 2 " Wall Thickness: .072" – .220" 5-Driven Stands w/Horizontal and Vertical Pass in One Stand, Spindle Dia.: 4 1 / 2 " (114.3mm), Motor & Drive: 1-200 HP, 1-Squaring Turkshead are: 1 5 / 8 " Round to 1 1 / 2

4 ½" x .200" Mannesmann/DMC Tube Mill DMC Upgrades: 1994 Tube O.D: 113.5mm (4.5") – 48.6mm (1.90"), Wall: 5.08mm (.200") – 1.4mm (.055"), Shaft Size: 85mm (3.35") DoubleEndUncoiler,FiveRollFlattener,FormingMill,50KWDCDrive,200KW HF Welder, Sizing Mill, 60KW DC Drive, Flying Cut Off, Friction Saw, Tooling 42" x 1 ¼" API U-ing and O-ing Pipe Mill Presses External Diameter: 20" – 42" Wall Thickness: 1 1 / 4 " Grades: API 5LX Grades 42,52,60,65,70,80 “U” Press – USI Clearing 3000 tons, “O” Press – USI Clearing – 30000 tons, Cutting and beveling unit for steel plates 2" x .125 ITALIANA Tube Mill Tube Dia: .500 – 2.000, Wall Thickness: .125" – .035", Line Speed: 330 FPM, Kent Floop Accumulator, Universal Drive, 2- 75 HP DC Drives, 150 KW EMMEDI High Frequency Welder, BETA RAM Double cut Cut Off (1987), Eddy Current Tester, Solid State Electrics, Tooling

2" x .095 Yoder W Style Tube Mill with Kent Floop

.472" – 2.00" Tube Diameter .095" Max Wall Thickness Line Speed: 500 FPM

Uncoiler, Kent Floop (1990), 2" Shaft Diameter, Forming-4 Pass driven (3 pass idl), Fins-3 pass driven (3 pass idl), 75 HP DC drive, Thermatool 300 KW HF Welder, Sizing-3 pass driven, 3 pass idle, 75 HP DC drive Motor, Turks head, Cut Off (Alpha), Mair Packaging Line & Bundling System (1990), Tooling for rounds, squares and rectangles, Siemens Digital Drives. 2 ½" x .090 AEF Tube Mill Line/ Solid State Welder 1 / 2 " – 2 1 / 2 " Diameter Tubing .095" Max Wall Thickness Line Speed: 350 FPM Accumulator, 2" Spindle Diameter, Forming: 3-Pass driven, Fins: 3 pass driven, 40 HP DC Drive, Welder, 1997 Thermatool 200 KW Solid State Welder, Sizing-3 Pass Driven, 3 Pass Idle, 30 HP DC Drive Motor, Cut Off (Alpha), Tooling for rounds, squares and rectangles, Simens Digital Drives (2 Mills available)

2" x .125" T &H WU-25 Tube Mill Model Number: WU-25 Tube Diameter: 2.5" (50.8mm) – 1 / 2 " Wall Thickness .154" (3.1mm) – .028" (.71mm)

Line Speed: 300 FPM Spindle Diameter: 2 1 / 2

" (63.5mm) Double Uncoiler, Guild Shear End Welder, Thermatool 200 KW Model TMI 200 High Frequency Welder, APLHA Cut Off, Double Cut SR#-41, Series III, Double Cut Die Set Model TRC-2002, ALPHA Length Control System, Tooling.

We Are Always In The Market To Purchase Your Surplus Equipment. We Will Purchase A Single Component Or An Entire Plant. Complete Inventory of Used Steel Processing & Tube making Machinery: Slitting Lines, Tube & Pipe Mills, Tube Finishing, Rolling Mills, Cut-To-Length Lines, and all other related machinery

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