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Industry News
30 November 2012
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Largest ever push pointer built
THE George AMitchell Company, based
in Ohio, USA has recently delivered a
1,500,000lb two die hydraulic tube push
pointer for a large tube drawing facility in
North America.
The 1,500,000lb machine is the
largest push pointing machine Mitchell
has ever produced. The tube to be push
pointed prior to drawing is an extruded
alloy used in piping applications.
The machine will accommodate very
small to very large dimensional sizes
and wall variations. Mitchell believes
the final drawn product will be used for
corrosive drilling conditions. In other
activities, Mitchell is currently building
two 750,000lb two die hydraulic tube
push pointers for two domestic steel
tube mills and several small push
pointers for Indian and US markets.
Other strong manufacturing activity
for Mitchell recently has been the
design and fabrication of several 500
ton end forming machines to prepare,
via cold forming, the ends of the
seamless drill pipe and casing tubes
prior to machining premium thread for
the OCTG market. The tube diameters
accommodated by these machines
range from 4½" up to 16".
These machines are also capable
of pre-forming pipe ends for T&C
connections. Along with the 500 ton
units for OCTG, Mitchell is also building
a 750 ton unit for end forming drill pipe
and casing tube to accommodate 20"
diameter due was delivered in the
summer of 2012.
George A Mitchell Company – USA
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Parent-and-child office
SIKORA now has a parent-and-child
friendly office. Fathers and mothers
have the opportunity to bring their
children into the company in a child-
care emergency. In the parent-and-child
office, they can continue working while
caring for their children. The aim of this
facility is to strengthen reconciliation of
work and family life.
For example when a child-minder
is missing or during holiday time the
office can be of help to workers. “The
facility is a relief and also helps to avoid
absenteeism of the working parents,”
explains Bernadette Sikora, managing
partner of the Sikora Holding GmbH &
Co KG.
Sikora AG – Germany
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