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S
eptember
2009
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dvances
in
C
utting
, S
awing
& S
awblades
PRECISION, which informs
every aspect of tube making,
does not take on greater
urgency at the cutting
station. And yet there is a
sense in which it does. This
is the point toward which the
effort has been directed. It is
here that the process yields
a saleable product.
It is also the point at which
the transformation from work-
piece to artefact could run into
trouble. A tube that is not cut
perfectly is not a tube that can
be sold.
Strictly speaking, it is not a
tube at all, but a piece of very
elegant scrap — essentially
of interest only to a scrap
dealer.
That this is a virtually
negligible worry in our
industry is due in no small
part to the equipment and
services available from
companies such as those
reviewed in this section of
Tube & Pipe Technology.
From pipettes to oil pipes,
from soft copper to PVC —
the specifics of a given
cutting job are, to cutting
professionals, factors with
which they have an easy
familiarity.
They are also elements of a
precision-oriented speciality
that demands mastery as
great as any in the entire field
of tube making.
Maco's VK 370 circular sawing machine
MFL’s sawblades feature exchangeable carbide tips
The SDSF from EH Wachs
Trumpf’s TruLaserTube 7000
Flexible and mobile plasma cutting of up to
50mm material thickness from Kjellberg