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Industry News
8 March 2015
Rafter ships weld squeeze box
RAFTER Equipment Corp has shipped
an RT-2000 HFI weld squeeze box to a
North American producer of mechanical
tubing.
The box is part of an upgrade to the
customer’s existing Yoder M-2 tube mill.
The purpose was to provide stronger,
more reliable design that was better
able to survive the customer’s relatively
harsh environment, and to run higher
yield-strength materials.
The weld box is sized for 15.9 to
63.5mm (0.625" to 2.5") OD steel tubing
with wall thicknesses from 1.2 to 2.8mm
(0.049" to 0.109").
The design includes optional AMPCO ®
aluminium bronze roll yokes with anti-
seize properties.
Features were included to protect the
sliding surfaces from mill particulate
build-up.
In addition to the weld box, a custom
machine base was provided to replace
the existing weld area base.
The new base was beneficial
because it will expedite the installation
process and ensure good alignment
of re-used upstream and downstream
components.
Rafter Equipment Corp manufactures
tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming
machines, cut-off machines, and other
related tube and pipe mill machinery.
Additional services include rebuilding
and upgrading mill equipment.
Rafter Equipment Corp – USA
Fax: +1 440 573 3703
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New vice-president of operations
at EFD Induction Group
EFD Induction Group, a maker of
induction-based industrial heating
solutions, has announced the
appointment of Artur Pająk as vice-
president of operations.
“I’m of course excited to be joining
EFD Induction,” said Mr Pająk. “The
company has an enviable customer base
and a global presence. That, plus the
fact that we have excellent applications
knowledge and equipment technology,
means we are well positioned to become
even more successful.”
A Polish national, Mr Pająk holds a
Master and Engineering Degree from
Radom University of Technology, as
well as an Executive MBA from Warsaw
University of Technology Business
School. He joins EFD Induction from
Kongsberg Automotive, where he
served as director of business line
interior. Prior to Kongsberg Automotive,
Mr Pająk worked for Star Trucks/Man
Nutzfahrzeuge and AIC SA in a number
of operations and engineering roles.
“I’d like to welcome Artur Pająk
aboard,” said CEO Bjørn Eldar Petersen.
“He brings significant experience from
the global automotive industry to EFD
Induction, and he has keen insight and
leadership that will prove invaluable to
us as we work to safely and reliably
deliver induction heating solutions
to the world’s leading manufacturing
companies.”
EFD Induction – Norway
Website:
Artur Pająk of EFD Induction
Herr-Voss Stamco launches
new website
HERR-Voss Stamco has created a
new website, with more user-friendly
navigation as the focal point of the
design.
The homepage welcomes visitors to
the two distinct business segments: coil
processing solutions and mill service
solutions.
It offers customers a direct and
informative tool to navigate through the
wide range of products and services
Herr-Voss Stamco offers to the metals
industry.
Additional new features include a
.pdf option on the product pages for
ease of printing, an installation map
showing the thousands of equipment
installations Herr-Voss Stamco has
worldwide, and a link to the new
HVS mobile app. Herr-Voss Stamco
supplies coil processing solutions
including tension levelling, slitting,
cut-to-length, multi-blanking, precision
roller levelling, enhanced levelling
technology (ELT®) and high strength
slitting technology (HS2T™).
Herr-Voss Stamco – USA
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