October 2012 Tube Products International
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products & developments
Fabrication shop hoist for
alignment and fit-up
Sumner Manufacturing’s Fab-Mate hoist
for fabrication shops can position pipe,
flanges or fittings up to 450kg (1,000lb)
or 2.1m (7ft) in length. Together with
Sumner’s Adjust-A-Fit and Adjust-A-
Flange attachments, the Fab-Mate can
align fittings and flanges to pipe with a
single-speed winch that provides infinite
positioning.
The Fab-Mate moves loads vertically
and horizontally at the same time, and
can be moved around the shop easily
on 20cm (8") casters. Its specially
designed base allows the Fab-Mate to
position loads ‘close to work’. Capable
of lifting 6m (20ft) lengths of 25cm (10")
pipe, the Fab-Mate weighs 93kg (206lb),
and disassembles for easier transport.
Sumner Manufacturing Co, Inc
– USA
Sumner Manufacturing’s
Fab-Mate hoist
Steel tube
and pipe
solutions
Perficon has been supplying
customers worldwide for over six
years, with the support of qualified
manufacturers. The company’s three
major product groups include hot-
finished and cold-drawn/finished
seamless carbon, alloy, stainless,
nickel alloy and titanium pipe and
tube; welded, welded and drawn
or bead reduced carbon, alloy,
stainless, nickel alloy and titanium
pipe and tube; and seamless and
forged pipe fittings. Available tube
profiles include not only round but
rectangular, U bends and others
upon request.
Perficon has been successful in
supplying these products for
use in areas such as oil and gas
(OCTG tube, line pipe, umbilical,
subsea control lines and chemical
injection tubes); and nuclear and
power (finned tube for MSR, heat
exchanger tubes, tubes and pipes
for power boilers).
Perficon Steel GmbH
– Germany
