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November 2010 |Vol23No 6 |US$33
Is this the world’s best
induction welder?
Putting the smarterheat to smarter use
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Front Cover Story
The roots of EFD Induction go back to the launch in 1950 of a
universal induction hardening machine by the German company,
Induktionserwärmung Fritz Düsseldorf GmbH (FDF). While FDF was
expanding in the 1970s, an induction revolution was taking place in
Norway, where engineers had figured out how to transistorize frequency
converters for induction heating.
In 1981 three of those engineers founded ELVA Induksjon as. In 1983
they unveiled the Minac range of mobile converters. Workpieces no longer
had to be brought at great cost to a stationary induction heater – the
heater could now go to the piece. In 1991 the managing directors of FDF
and ELVA met by chance. They talked … and speculated. FDF was strong
in stationary induction hardening machines. ELVA was the agile innovator
with a track record in finding new applications for induction heating.
What if the two companies got together? In January 1996 FDF and ELVA
merged to create EFD Induction. And the rest is, as they say, history.
Today, EFD Induction is Europe’s largest supplier of induction solutions
for industry (we’re number two worldwide, but we aim to change that!).
If you’d like to know more about us, our products, and how we can help
boost your productivity, just get in touch.
The world is getting smaller
Welcome to the November issue of TPT magazine, which
is packed full of all the latest news on tube and pipe
technology around the world. Please do contact me if
there are any other areas of the tube & pipe industry that
you would like us explore – there are more ways than
ever to keep in touch with us as we now have a Twitter
and Facebook account, which are great ways to find out
when the next issue is out or when the ever popular online
version is available on our website and so on. Talking of
which, Tube & Pipe Technology has this month launched
a brand new website, which we are very proud of. All
of which makes the magazine more accessible to more
people than ever before. Please go to:
Next up is our January 2011 issue and we will be
featuring articles on handling, packing and tube and
pipe transportation as well as straightening and finishing
technology, so make sure you send me all your latest
products related to these as well as any industry or
technology news from your company.
Rory McBride – Editor
Editor • Rory McBride
Features editor (USA) • Dorothy Fabian
Editorial assistant • Christian Bradley
Production • Lisa Benjamin
Sales & marketing • Catherine Sayers
English speaking sales
• Giuliana Benedetto
Italian sales
• Hendrike Morriss
German speaking sales
• Doug Zirkle
• Linda Li
Chinese sales
• Jeroo Vandrevala
Indian sales
Advertising • Liz Hughes
co-ordinators • Andrea McIntosh
Subscriptions • Liz Hughes
Accounts manager • Richard Babbedge
Publisher • Caroline Sullens
Founder • John C Hogg
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