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T E CHNOLOG Y
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Equipment Wanted
We Buy Used Welding Equipment associated with Tube and Pipe Production
Any Age or Condition considered. Referral Fee Paid for Introduction
Orbital Welding systems, Tube & Pipe Rotators, Positioners, Tractors
Arc Machines, Inc
415 Multi-function
Orbital Power supply
Open, Closed and
Internal Weld Heads
to suit. Pre-Used.
FOR HIRE Orbital
Welding Equipment
Power Supplies,
Weld Heads and Accs.
Huge Selection.
ESAB Orbital TIG
welding package
For mechanised tube
to tube welding.
Pre-Used with warranty.
NEW Linear Seam
Welders
Many options
Up to 4.2m lengths.
New or Used TIG
Plasma welding systems
available. UK Warranty.
THE ORIGINAL
Electrofusion machines from MSA Engineering
MSA Engineering Systems Ltd has won
its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Innovation. The award was announced
in April, on the birthday of Her Majesty
The Queen.
The electrofusion technique is used
when water and gas pipes require joining
to other pipes and to other accessories.
An electrofusion fitting has an embedded
heating coil of wire, which is placed over
two thermoplastic pipes (as a sleeve)
and is energised to melt the plastic of the
pipes and corresponding fitting, fusing
them together.
The traditional electrofusion fitting
manufacturing process is complex and
can have quality issues, according
to MSA Engineering Systems. The
company has created a wire-laying
system for installing heating wires into
curved surfaces for the production
of electrofusion saddle fittings,
overcoming the limitations of traditional
manufacturing methods.
The same electrofusion wire-laying
principle can be applied in cylindrical
parts to manufacture electrofusion fittings
for large diameter pipelines, or smaller
specialist electrofusion fittings.
The company states that the benefits
to fittings producers include higher
quality products, lower manufacturing
costs and the ability to make special
parts that previously were not possible.
Downstream pipeline installers can
benefit from reduced installation time,
leading to improved continuity of gas and
water supply for end users.
MSA Engineering Systems Ltd – UK
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The SWL saddle wire laying machine