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investigate the various tooling types
associated with tube bending and end-
forming, as well as detailing specific
applications, processes and industry
developments.
Additional topics covered by the other
participants include laser welding of tubes
and profiles, laser cutting of tubes and
profiles, and 3D processing of tubes and
profiles.
“We firmly believe that the ‘Tube Seminar
Series South Africa’ will be of particular
benefit to individuals and organisations
involved in automotive component
manufacture,” concludes Mr Rogiers.
AddisonMckee – USA
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Retecon – South Africa
Fax: +27 11 394 2471
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Trumpf Group – Germany
Fax: +49 7156 303 6115
Website:
It seemed appropriate to both champion
and help stage a series of events
focused on bringing even higher levels of
understanding regarding the tube bending
process and manufacturing excellence.
We now look forward to presenting our
expertise through the ‘Tube Seminar
Series South Africa’.”
For its part in the seminars, AddisonMckee
are focused on three topic areas – tube
bending, end-forming and associated
tooling. The tube-bending portion of each
seminar covers the different processes
and applications associated with achieving
accuracy and repeatability in the tube
bending process. Seminar content is rich in
applications data and contains a wide range
of valuable reference material.
The tube end-forming presentations
detail the disciplines of tube end-forming
and trimming, as well as the use and
development of specialist machinery,
particularly for the manufacture of mufflers/
silencers and catalytic converters. As part
of its tooling presentation, AddisonMckee
AddisonMckee, a tube bending and end-
forming specialist, has co-hosted a series
of tube processing-related seminars with
machine tools business, Retecon/Vite
Machinery (PTY) Ltd, South Africa, and
laser cutting specialists, Trumpf GmbH &
Co KG, Germany. A number of seminars
were held in July in Durban, Port Elizabeth
and Johannesburg, with more set to follow.
Mr Christian Rogiers, AddisonMckee’s
director of global marketing, said, “South
Africa is rapidly showing its credentials
as an up-and-coming provider of high-
quality tubular components, especially for
the automotive vehicle exhaust sector.
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Tube processing seminars
co-hosted in South Africa