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20 Tube Products International July 2008
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Copper tube and capillaries
Feinrohren, Italy, is a copper tube and capillary tube manufacturer. The company
was founded in 1959, when Mr Faustino Pasotti established a small department
for the production of copper capillaries for refrigerators.
In 1990, Feinrohren established an ultra modern production plant in the industrial
site of Passirano, with the aim of satisfying the demand of copper industrial tube
applications requiring outside diameters over 5mm, using the best technologies
in copper tube production, and assisted by decades of matured experience in
the copper capillary sector.
In 1996, coated copper tube was added to the company’s production
programme, through the acquisition of Zetaesse, an expert in plastic coated
copper tube production, located in Vedelago (Treviso).
By 2004, Feinrohren’s range incorporated over 14,000 different products,
distributed in more than 60 countries. The company has achieved many quality
certifications through constant development and growth.
Feinrohren’s copper capillaries and tubes are used in applications in fields
including home and industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning, heat exchangers,
production of thermostats for heat and cold, production of thermocouples,
production of boilers, armoured resistances, fittings for compressors, and high
quality sanitary tube.
Feinrohren SpA – Italy
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Feinrohren manufactures copper tube and capillary tube S S
Olympus NDT, USA, provides a range
of non-destructive testing solutions
featuring ultrasonic testing, eddy
current, and related non-destructive
testing technologies.
The company has introduced a new
manual weld inspection solution that
includes conventional ultrasound and
phased array ultrasound. This integrated
weld inspection solution includes new
software for the OmniScan flaw detector
and a new line of phased array probes
– the WPS series. The software and
new probes have been developed for
weld inspectors who wish to integrate
phased array technology in their NDT
inspections.
The new OmniScan 2.1 software has a
simplified phased array interface and
includes an intuitive RayTracing feature
that provides a clear visual display of
the phased array beams in the weld
area, and a weld overlay feature to
simplify data interpretation.
The software also includes conventional
UT sizing curves (DAC/TCG, ASME,
JIS and DGS), and AWS and API code
wizards. Olympus has also introduced
new WPS phased array weld inspection
probes, consisting of the A10, A11, and
A12 series.
Their ergonomically designed probe
housings and wedges have a small
footprint to allow inspections close to
the weld crown. The DGS phased array
probe fully meets DGS requirements,
and performs an inspection sweep from
45º to 70º using one integrated probe/
wedge design. The AWS phased array
probe creates a nominal 60° shear wave
in steel and covers the inspection angles
of 45º, 60º and 70° as required by AWS
regulations.
Olympus NDT – USA
Manual weld inspection solution
Custom tooling
Nap Gladu provides custom tooling
and service for the metal, wood and
plastic industries. The company claims
to have the largest servicing network in
North America, consisting of 15 service
centres coast-to-coast.
The company’s experienced engineering
and technical team uses state-of-the-
art equipment to produce sophisticated
tooling.
A selection of Nap Gladu products S S
Nap Gladu’s broad range of products
will assist in all metal cutting
applications, including sawing (plate,
tubing, extrusions, bars, billets, rails and
structural members), milling, turning,
drilling, boring, grooving and threading.
Nap Gladu – USA