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Industry News
8 July 2012
‘Hydra Green’ technology a
success at Düsseldorf
TUBE bending design, manufacture and
supply and end-forming technologies
expert AddisonMckee of Ohio, Ontario
and Bamber Bridge, UK, has announced
one of its most successful ever
appearances at a trade show with its
recent attendance at Tube Düsseldorf
2012.
From the moment the show opened
its doors to over 30,000 international
trade visitors from over 100 countries,
the AddisonMckee stand created a
buzz with its new innovations and
green technologies. Tube Düsseldorf
attendees travel from all over the
world in search of groundbreaking
new technologies and AddisonMckee’s
new IO ‘Hydra Green’ sizing machine,
along with its new eb80 ESRB machine,
attracted considerable interest.
The company’s new ‘Hydra Green’
technology is designed to allow its
latest end-forming equipment to take
advantage of hydraulic power without
the constant noise, heat and energy
usage associated with traditional
hydraulic power units.
Whereas traditional hydraulic systems
for endforming machines use an AC
motor continuously driving a hydraulic
pump even when the machine is not
in use and no oil pressure and/or flow
is required, AddisonMckee’s new
technology is designed so that the
pump is in operation
only when there is a
demand for pressure/
flow.
In the final analysis,
the ‘Hydra Green’
solution, at the heart
of the new HG70
range of end formers,
will deliver a number
of key benefits over
a traditional hydraulic
circuit in terms of
using 50 per cent
less electricity due
to the significantly
reduced duty cycle
of the hydraulic
pump, minimising
heat emissions and
drastically reducing noise emissions by
as much as 50 per cent. The system
also achieves a major reduction in
the amount of hydraulic maintenance
required, while the smaller hydraulic
reservoir uses a remarkable 65 per cent
less oil.
The technology’s functionality will
also allow for enhanced machine motion
control by using the variable speed of
the servo pump to control oil flow rate
and machine speed.
The new eb80 ESRB machine
represents a significant alternative to
the existing world renowned DB 75
machine but with major cost advantages
achieved through removing the ball
screw providing the boost and allowing
the gearbox and motor instead to
provide the force required for boosting,
enabling freeform bending for the full
length of the bed.
Given the cost of floorspace at any
facility, the new machine’s modular
design also has significant benefits if
bed length flexibility is important.
The standard machine itself is two
metres long but offers the capability
to increase in length by bolting two
sections together to extend the bed
when required, converting the machine
easily and cheaply to a three/four metre
model.
AddisonMckee – UK
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AddisonMckee showed its
Hydra Green technology
at Tube 2012
Business manager appointed
QUAKER Chemical supplies the tube
and pipe industry with system-wide
expertise, as well as a comprehensive
portfolio of processing fluids and
coatings, with manufacturing and R&D
facilities in 18 countries. The company’s
capabilities include process expertise,
and custom-formulated process
fluids and coatings for all production
operations in welded and seamless
tubular mills.
The company has technical support
staff in each of the major industrialised
regions of the world, to support local
business.
The company has announced that,
with effect from 1 August 2012, Andy
Barker will be promoted to the position
of tube and pipe business manager,
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
(EMEA). John Fivash will retire from
this role at the same time.
With just under twenty years at
Quaker, Mr Barker brings a vast amount
of experience to the role, gained from
working within various business sectors
in the company.
Mr Barker commented: “I am
delighted to be given this opportunity
to work in one of the most exciting
business sectors within our company
at the moment. Our unique product
offering, which covers the entire fluid
process from front to back, means I
get to work with interesting product
technology; and I am looking forward
to working with the team of people
around me, transferring that into a
creative cost saving opportunity for
our customers.”
Quaker Chemical Corporation – USA
Fax: +1 610 832 8682
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