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Enhanced aluminium tube drawing at Tubotech
CONDAT has earned an international
reputation for supplying lubricants to
the steel wire industry with its brand
name VicafilTM, and the company has
used its 160 years’ expertise in lubricant
technology to develop a comprehensive
range of products dedicated to the
electrical wire and cable market. It
has now also developed lubricants
specifically for tube drawing.
Among a range of neat oils, soluble
and vanishing lubricants, Condat will
highlight at wire South America an
innovative and effective new lubricant.
Vicafil TFA 1460 has already
provided results for customers drawing
aluminium, in particular on drawing from
rod to diameters of 1mm. Designed to
offer both low residues and extended
operating life, its specifically formulated
additives package minimises thermal
oxidation and maintains longer lubricant
performance.
The bath life is increased and
maintenance costs are reduced. Thanks
to its low viscosity, Vicafil TFA 1460
reduces lubricant consumption while
offering high lubricity and increased die
life.
Vicafil TFA 1460 is also compatible
with the insulation process and has
the advantage of being a chlorine-free,
semi-synthetic lubricant: a step forward
to ‘user-friendly lubricants’ and an
environmentally responsible technology.
Tubotech 2017 is a perfect opportunity
for Condat to show its lubricant
specifically designed for tube drawing.
The Condatub product range covers
most tube forming processes from hot
forming to cold forming.
It has been designed to answer
specific issues for all metals (carbon
and stainless steel, aluminium and
copper alloy) and includes hot forming
graphite and ceramics dispersions,
non-reactive and reactive drawing
soaps, pilger rolling and forming
soluble lubricants, neat drawing oils
and corrosion inhibitors.
Visitors can discover the company’s
large range of lubricants at wire South
America/Tubotech booth number 514.
Condat – France
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The new ECOmax – Scarfcircular saw blade is customized for cutting
tubes and profiles with heavy ID Scarf on flying cut-off units.
Conventional blades are be heavily
damaged after only a few cuts
because they cut the high strength
weld bead inside the bottom of the
tube.
With a special tooth form and
cutting geometry, in combination
with a new proprietary coating, the
ECOmax – Scarf saw blade is the
most suitable for this application,
on single as on multiple head
machines as well.
Successful trials and on-going
production usage, have shown the
ECOmax – Scarf blades achieve
up to 7m² of material removal on
welded tubes with wall thickness
up to 14mm.
Gebr. Lennartz GmbH & Co. KG
Hohenhagener Str. 46, 42855 Remscheid – Germany
Lennartz subsidiary company
in the US –
Heinemann Saw Company
ECOmax – Scarf
CUTTING HEAVY ID SCARF