January 2012 TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
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Tube Düsseldor f 2012
26-30 March 2012
Plasma heat
and surface
treatment
lines for wire
Plasmait GmbH, a supplier of plasma
heat and surface treatment lines for
wire, tube and strip production, has
opened a dedicated test facility for
continuous annealing and cleaning
of tubes. Tube manufacturers are
welcome to test plasma heat and
surface treatment on their materials at
Plasmait’s facility in Lebring, Austria.
The Plasma Treatment facility has been
designed to perform heat treatment,
degreasing and deoxidation on a
wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous
materials with OD range between 0.1
and 10mm. Plasmait has successfully
performed trials on copper, copper
alloy, stainless steel and nickel alloy
tubes.
According to Plasmait’s R&D director,
Peter Ziger, the dedicated tube trial
facility is now available to all tube
manufacturers who strive to improve
the quality of their tubular products.
Plasma treatment will most benefit
applications with demanding surface
quality requirements or challenging
annealing requirements.
Such applications are usually found
in sectors such as medical, precision
mechanical, electronics, aerospace
and energy sectors.
Other tube manufacturers may want
to consider plasma annealing to
reduce energy use or purging gas
consumption, or to replace chemical
surface treatments with dry, chemical-
free degreasing, surface cleaning or
deoxidation.
Manufacturers of coated tubular
products may find plasma surface
preparation prior to coating or metallic
plating an area of potential interest.
Since the introduction of plasma heat
and surface treatment process in the
wire industry in 2003, Plasmait has
continuously improved the process
and widened the application scope
to include annealing and surface
treatment of tubes and flat products.
With over 50 deployments of plasma
treatment lines worldwide Plasmait
has established itself as a trusted
supplier to the wire and tube industry.
Plasmait GmbH
– Austria
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Contact:
Tel: (+44) 2075109451 / (+44) 2075109453
Fax: (+44) 207 510 9401
Emails:
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Address:
Qualitube Limited - Davenport House
16 Pepper Street
London
E14 9RP
Visit us at
Trade Fairs in Düsseldorf
26-30 March
Stand No. 70D03
tube Düsseldorf 2012
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