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H eat & S urface T reatments
Efficient and effective
colour coating
Universal Finishing Systems is a UK
manufacturer of coating equipment for the
steel tube industry. The company has been
manufacturing integrated modular pre-
treatment, coating and drying systems for
the tube industry for over 10 years.
Traditionally, the application of colour coatings
is either carried with powder coating, which
can be slow and energy demanding, or with
conventional liquid coatings, which take a
long time to dry and are often damaged by
conveyor rolls and belts.
Universal’s process uses pigmented UV
curable coatings, which are applied in its
vacuum coating system and then cured
instantaneously by UV light radiation. This
ensures that no volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) are emitted during the process. In
addition, all the coating is recycled.
The equipment is compact and it is possible
to install the equipment on ERW mills, prior
to the flying shear.
Universal Finishing Systems – UK
Fax: +44 1244 288 102
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frequency from 4 to 150kHz), and induction
heat-treatment plants for automated
production lines.
ATE also offer plants for through-heating
of steel, copper and aluminium (for
subsequent hot-forming), plants for hot
assembly of mechanical parts, and melting
furnaces for ferrous and non-ferrous
metals and precious alloys. In addition,
the company supply plants for induction
welding and brazing, and equipment for
special applications of induction heating.
In the field of pipe heating, ATE’s
equipment can carry out tasks
including annealing heat-treatment
of stainless steel and titanium pipes,
hardening and tempering of carbon
steel pipes, preheating of carbon
steel pipes, seam annealing of
carbon steel pipes, stress relieving
of end steel pipes, and coating and
painting of steel pipes.
ATE Applicazioni
TermoElettroniche – Italy
Fax: +39 0444 406434
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ATE Applicazioni TermoElettroniche,
Italy, designs and manufactures induction
heating equipment and plants with related
control and supervisory systems. The
company’s technology and knowledge
ensure not only the advantages of induction
heating, but also a design capacity targeted
towards specific requirements.
The company’s manufacturing programme
includes medium frequency SCR converters
(unit power up to 2,000kW, frequency
from 0.5 to 10kHz), high frequency IGBT
converters (unit power up to 800kW,
Solar Atmospheres, USA, has added to its
range of high capacity vacuum furnaces,
with the installation of a 36ft long furnace
at its Western PA plant. Manufactured
by Solar Manufacturing, the 36ft furnace
supplements the company’s three 24ft
furnaces and 40 other vacuum furnaces at
its two plants.
The advantage of vacuum heat treating
tube and pipe is precise and uniform
temperature processing with bright results
and minimised oxidation. The 36ft furnace
complements these advantages with the
capability to heat lengths up to 36ft or
large loads of coil. The new furnace has
a hot zone with a working diameter up to
6ft. Work load capabilities can range up to
150,000lb, processing temperatures up to
2,650°F, and vacuum levels of 10-5 torr.
The large furnaces process tubing lengths
and coils manufactured from stainless,
copper, aluminium, Inconel and titanium.
Processes depend on materials and
specifications, with options that include
bright annealing, hydrogen annealing,
stress relieving, age hardening, solution
treating and degassing.
Solar’s large furnaces, 10ft, 12ft, 24ft and
36ft in length, are suitable for heat-treating
various sized pipe lengths and loads.
Stainless pipe lengths, bends and fittings
are regularly annealed, and carbon steel
pipe lengths are normalised.
Solar Atmospheres – USA
Fax: +1 215 723 6460
Email:
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New vacuum heat-treating capabilities
 Solar Atmospheres has installed a new 36ft furnace to complement its existing furnaces of up to 24ft
Extensive range of induction heating equipment
 ATE induction heating equipment and plants