TPi January 2008

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January 2008 Tube Products International
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The company’s equipment includes:
a Bystronic Bytube Laser for 323mm
diameter tube, 220 x 220mm box
section, with 15mm wall thickness on
mild steel, 10mm on stainless steel
and 8mm on aluminium; two Bystronic
Byspeed Flatbed Lasers with 3m x
1.5m beds, and capabilities for 25mm
thick mild steel, 15mm thick stainless
steel, 10mm thick aluminium, 3mm
thick brass, and 25mm thick hardox
and abrazo; a Bystronic Beyeler Press
Brake with 150 tonne capacity and
3,100mm bed; two Amada Press Brakes
(100 tonne and 80 tonne); and a Laser
Quality Control Scanner that scans flat
parts and creates DXF files in seconds.
‘Reverse Engineering’ scans finished
parts and compares them to the original
DXF file, for stringent quality checking.
SSC Laser Cutting – UK
SSC specialises in flat bed, tube and box
section laser cutting
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Tube 2008, Düsseldorf
Pipe producers and dealers, machine manufacturers
and plant/facility builders will come together at the
next Tube industry event in Düsseldorf, 31 March to
4 April 2008.
The International Tube Fair will once again
demonstrate and present the tube and pipe industry’s
innovativeness.
At Tube, the latest developments and trends in the
areasoftube/pipeproductsandpipemanufacturewill
be shown, on a more comprehensive level than ever
before, complementing the sectors raw materials,
pipes and accessories, pipe production machines,
second-hand machines, process technology tools
and auxiliary instruments, measuring, control and
regulating technology, pipeline and OCTG technology.
The sectors of pipe trading/dealing, pipelines and logistics have been included
for the first time.
Approximately 960 exhibitors are expected at Tube 2008, in net exhibition
space of 41,000m 2 . In addition to the now traditional parallel staging with wire,
International Wire and Cable Trade Fair (in Halls 9 to 14 and the CCD East),
valuable synergies are also generated through the first-time concurrent staging
with METAV International Fair for Manufacturing Technology and Automation,
which will be held in exhibition Halls 1 to 5 and 15 to 17.
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH – Germany
Applied Market Information Ltd and
the Materials Engineering Research
Laboratory Ltd (MERL) have announced
the 6th two day international conference
on Oilfield Engineering with Polymers, to
be held in London, UK, 7-8 October 2008,
at the Cavendish Conference Centre.
Elastomers, thermoplastics, thermosets
and composite materials play a vital
role in many critical applications in the
oilfield, such as coatings, insulation,
pipes (bonded and flexible), hoses,
seals, flexible joints and bearings,
inflatable tools, umbilicals, risers, and
blow out preventers.
The industry challenge is to operate
safely and reliably under a wide range
of operational and environmental
conditions. Key to this is research and
development, design, qualification and
operational experience.
Rigs are being built in increasingly
hostile conditions. Industry trends
include an increasing number of sub-
sea completions for deep and ultra deep
water, increasing temperatures and
pressures downhole, a growing market
for liquid natural gas (LNG), new drilling
fluids and reinjection of sour gas.
These trends bring greater demands
on the materials and components that
are employed and a greater need for
understanding material behaviour and
limits.
Papers are invited on a variety of topics
including operational experience, new
materials, applications and operating
conditions, insulation systems, sealing
materials and seal performance,
qualification test methods (eg NORSOK
M-710), material durability and lifetime
assessment, materials for high and low
temperature extremes, sour fluid hand-
ling, repair and maintenance, standards
and regulatory requirements, and market
trends in oilfield engineering.
MERL is an independent British company
founded in 1986, providing contract
research, physical testing, computational
modelling and consultancy services in
materials science and engineering to oil
and gas, and other industries.
Oilfield Engineering with Polymers
2008 aims to bring together operators,
contractors, equipment and component
suppliers, materials suppliers and
research organisations involved in the
use of polymers in upstream oilfield
operations.
Applied Market Information Ltd – UK
Oilfield engineering with polymers
Tube 2008 will be held
between 31 March and
4 April 2008
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