196
M
ARCH
2014
7-11 April 2014
The Proliner is a measuring device
that works with a wire of ten metres.
Because of this length it is possible to
measure small and large tubes easily,
without changing the position of the
Proliner. Users are able to measure,
check and edit tubes and pipes on site.
On-board CAD functions make the
measurement immediately ready for
production.
To ensure accurate data, Prodim
continuously develops and improves
software in order to meet the changing
requirements of companies in the tube
industry. By combining a measuring
device and software in one machine,
it is not necessary to carry an extra
computer around the factory or
measuring location. A USB or LAN
connection makes it possible to transfer
digital measurements to a CNC tube
bender.
The TubeCheck software is developed
for quality control of tubes. In addition
to measuring, tubular data can also be
inspected. A measured tube or part of a
tube can be compared with the master
data using TubeCheck. By defining the
tolerances of the tangent and intersection
points, it is clear if the product passes or
fails the specifications.
Prodim will present TubeCheck and Proliner
at Tube Düsseldorf
TubeCheck also makes it possible
to calculate the precise centrelines
of tubes. To measure and check radii
and angles of a particular tube, only
a few sections of the tube have to
be measured, and the results can be
immediately viewed on the Proliner.
When the bend radius is not specified
or when multiple bends with different
radii exist, it is possible to measure the
radii in the same sequence. When the
bend radius is presented on the screen,
the operator has the option to use the
determined radius for all bends.
The measurements have an accuracy
of approximately 0.25mm, resulting
in a perfect calculated digital tube
model. LRA and XYZ data are instantly
available. The end result, including the
measurements, inspection data and
additional project related data will be
digitally stored in the Proliner and is also
available as a PDF report.
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Profilmec SpA
3C58
Italy
PROFILMEC’S core business is the
manufacturing of high frequency,
electrically welded, cold-rolled steel
tubes, made from hot-rolled, cold-rolled
pickled, aluminium plated rolled, hot
electric or galvanised dual phase strips.
It has gained valuable experience
during the years of successful presence
in the field of pipe production. The whole
group occupies a total area of over
450,000m
2
, of which 140,000m
2
are
covered, and produces about 3 million
metres/day, equal to 1,450 tons/day.
The products of the Profilmec Group
pipe manufacturing plants have many
applications ranging from the automotive
to the bicycle and motorcycle industry,
to home and garden furnishings,
camping equipment, nursery items,
toys, household goods, radiators and
appliances for the building sector.
Profilmec Group supplies tubes with
specific technical/technological features
for the kind of machining they will
undergo (cut, bending, pot die forming,
painting and galvanisation).
Profilmec Group’s product range
includes round, square, rectangular,
oval, semi-oval, elliptical and special
drawing shapes pipes. The diameters
range is from 8 to 120mm, with thickness
from 0.5 to 3mm. The wide range of
Profilmec Group’s moulds represents
evidence of its engagement to meet the
customer’s needs and its competitive
advantage in the market.
Beside a wide provision of pipe
production plants, the group also
includes a steel cold-rolling plant, an
Ebner furnace-based annealing plant
and a skin passing plant.
Rolling, hydrogen annealing in
Ebner furnaces and skin passing
allow the exploitation of both strip and
tube finished products, which become
unique for all those market niches that
standardised steel plant productions are
not able to serve.
All of the company management
systems are certificated in compliance
with the requirements defined by ISO
9001 and ISO TS 16949 standards
and confirm that the objectives set by
the Group in terms of total quality are
achieved.
Profilmec Group also believes in
the importance of sustainable and
eco-compatible envelopment. For this
reason the company has obtained
the prestigious UNI EN ISO 14001
certification, which is a voluntary
international standard specifying the
requirements of an environmental
management system.
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Quaker Chemical
5E26
USA
QUAKER Chemical, which specialises in
supplying chemicals to the tube and pipe
industry to offer system-wide expertise,
as well as a comprehensive portfolio
of processing fluids and coatings, will
exhibit at Tube Düsseldorf in Germany
this year. Quaker will showcase its
“front-to-back” approach in helping
customers solve the complex business
challenges of today. Its global team of
experts provides application expertise
and customised support services locally
to assist in the entire seamless and
welded tube and pipe making process
– everything from casting, forming and
finishing, to coating of tubular products
– maximising productivity while ensuring
process and chemical compatibility.
On the front end, Quaker’s leading
position in process fluids and speciality
lubricants for steel mills provides
synergies and benefits in the applications
of fire-resistant hydraulic fluids,
speciality greases, and hot forming
and rolling lubricants for seamless pipe
production. In welded tube processes,
the corrosion preventives applied on
incoming coiled substrate help optimise
subsequent tube-forming operations.
Further downstream, Quaker leads
the way with innovative metalworking
fluids for higher performing pipe-
threading applications and stringent
finishing operations. At the back end,
the coatings, including environmentally
friendly solvent-based coatings, fast-
drying, low-VOC, water-based coatings
and UV coatings, can be customised to
