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Illustration images used this issue courtesy of AddisonMckee, Bigstockphoto.com, Cartacci Srl, Danieli Centro Tube, International Tube Association, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, Milltech,
Sica SpA, Steel Tube Institute of North America, and Strategic Images
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FQM™: Danieli’s 3-roll pass retained
mandrel mill for high quality seamless
tube production
By Mr E Cernuschi, Danieli Centro Tube, Italy
Plastic tube and pipe has come an awful long
way in a short space of time. It is now with us
on an unprecedented scale, often the product
of choice for infrastructural upgrades and
construction projects. With a highly advanced
range of properties, PVC, PVDF, PP and
HDPE plastic and composite tubing is ideal
for a range of applications including heating/
sanitary systems and gas/water projects. And
these products would not have developed so
quickly were it not for the technical excellence
of extrusion and thermoforming machinery.
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The increasingly cooperative political and
economic strength of South America is gradually
placing the power back into the hands of its
inhabitants. With one of the fastest growing
economies and largest infrastructures in the
region, Brazil seems a natural choice to host
Tubotech – the continent’s biggest tube and
pipe event, currently in its fourth year. And São
Paulo, the country’s business capital, is the ideal
host city. To be held from 2-4 October 2007,
over 130 exhibitors have already confirmed,
with many visitors set to attend.
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Tubotech 2007:
Show feature
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Plastic & Composite Tube:
Products & Manufacture
‘Straightening things out’
and
‘finishing business’
are stock phrases that can easily be applied to
this field of technology. Once a tube or pipe has
been manufactured, the pursuit of excellence
does not stop there. Straightening and finishing
technology performs the art of the end-game,
whether it be 6 or 10 straightening machines
for heat treatment lines, upset tubes, tapered
tubular flagpoles or pipelines – all applications
featured in this section
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Straightening &
Finishing Technology