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24 Tube Products International July 2008
developmentsproducts &
New ProFuse PET tool from Uponor
With increasing numbers of installers
in the gas and water industries
working with Uponor’s ProFuse
peelable skin PE 100 pipe, Uponor
is now offering a new, entry-priced
pipe exposure tool (PET), suitable for
all diameters of ProFuse pipe.
The new PET consists of a
hardwearing plastic body with a fitted
hardened steel blade, ready for use.
By taking advantage of the efficiencies gained from plastic injection moulding,
Uponor is now able to offer the PET to installers at prices starting from around
£15 per unit.
The PET enables the skin layer on Uponor’s ProFuse pipe system to be cut
without damaging the inner core pipe. Once cut using the tool, the skin is then
peeled away from the pipe, leaving a clean surface for high quality joints and
connections.
Uponor’s original metal-bodied PET is still available, and is designed to last a
lifetime, with replaceable steel blade and optional butt fusion guide.
The two PETs are the only Uponor-recommended tools for removing ProFuse
skin in gas and water industry applications, and are safe, quick and easy to
use.
Uponor – UK
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Uponor’s PET tools S S
As part of its ongoing strategic invest-
ment programme, steel pipe producer
Interpipe has launched a project aimed
at increasing non-destructive testing
(NDT) facilities, based in its tube-
rolling shop No 5 at the Interpipe NTRP
operation in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Completion of the project will enable
Interpipe NTRP to provide full non-
destructive testing of its steel pipe
products, thereby improving its offering
to customers. The new line includes a
rotary ultrasonic testing system, pipe
flushing equipment and automated
ultrasonic testing of pipe ends.
The US company Magnetic Analysis
Corporation (MAC), a leading non-
destructive testing supplier, was selected
to provide the ultrasonic pipe testing
equipment for both the pipe body and
pipe diameter. Starmans Electronics
from the Czech Republic will provide the
testing equipment for the pipe ends.
Commenting on the new facilities,
Aleksey Slyusarev, Interpipe’s director
for production and investments said,
“Increase of non-destructive testing
facilities is one of Interpipe’s strategic
goals. Over the last two years we have
added NDT facilities at our operations
and now have the capability – through
ultrasonic, electromagnetic, eddy
current and magnetic particle testing –
to test seamless and welded pipes at all
of our mills.”
Interpipe is an export-orientated
company, with 71% of its revenues
derived from export sales in 2007,
supplying products to 76 countries.
The company has a network of sales
offices in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Europe, USA and the Middle East.
Interpipe – Ukraine
Welded, seamless
and custom
machined parts
Shanghai Lee&Yu International Co, Ltd,
China, is a manufacturer and supplier
of stainless steel tubular products and
customised fittings. The company has
over 10 years’ experience of serving
various industries in the European Union,
North America and South America.
The company’s stainless steel welded
tube and pipe is manufactured to
standards including A554, A269, A312
and A249 (heat exchange), in steel
grades such as TP201, 202, 304, 304L,
316 and 316L. Available finishes include
pickling surface, 180 grit, 320 grit, and
400 grit.
Stainless steel seamless pipe and tube
is available in steel grades including
TP301, 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 321
and 310S, manufactured to standards
including A269, A312, A213 (heat
exchange), and in finishes including
pickling surface, 180 grit, 320 grit, 400
grit, and mirror finish.
The company recommends its small
diameter, high precision seamless tube
with OD range from 4.79 to 19.05mm
and wall thickness range from 0.71 to
1.65mm.
This kind of seamless tube can be
manufactured in coil and straight type,
with outside polished in 180, 320, 400,
600 grit and mirror surface. The inner
surface can also be polished if the tube
OD is greater than 10mm, and the size
tolerance of the tube can be controlled
to ±0.1mm. The company accepts third
party inspections (TUV, SGS) before
shipment.
Shanghai Lee&Yu can also produce a
variety of custom machined parts using
CNC, cutting, grinding, lathing, milling,
bending, and polishing machines. Such
parts include precision mechanical
components; threading, grooving,
swaging, cutting, bending of tubular
products; automotive bumpers; and
sanitary and non-standard fittings.
Shanghai Lee&Yu International Co
Ltd – China
Interpipe NTRP to increase
non-destructive testing facilities