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Industry News
16 January 2013
Universal Tube & Rollform
builds a 4" rafted tube mill
STEPHENS Pipe & Steel, LLC,
manufacturer and distributor of fence
materials in the USA and Canada,
has commissioned Universal Tube &
Rollform Equipment Corporation to build
a 4" tube mill using both new and used
materials. The Ardcor rafted tube mill
will be used to produce tubes up to 4"
in diameter at Stephens Pipe & Steel’s
Russell Springs, Kentucky plant.
Universal Tube & Rollform will supply
to Stephens Pipe & Steel a rebuilt
Ardcor tube mill with used stands, side
closers, weld pressure and bases.
New are the scarfing unit, raft plates,
turksheads, shift boxes and gearboxes
along with new controls manufactured
by Universal Controls Group.
The tube mill will include both new
and used materials, keeping cost down
and saving time during the rebuild
process. Universal Tube & Rollform’s
knowledgeable engineers provided cost
effective solutions by redesigning the
original Ardcor mill to be rafted
with a second set of Ardcor
stands and cone gearboxes.
For over a quarter of a century
Universal Tube & Rollform has
established itself as a global
leader in the metalworking
industry supplying quality
used tube, pipe and rollform
machinery.
This latest order is an
example of how it has
expanded capabilities to better
serve an ever-growing and
diverse customer base. Its partnership
with Universal Controls Group, a rapidly
growing controls supplier, has enabled
it to offer a wide array of cost efficient
services.
To complement Universal Tube &
Rollform’s used tube mill and rollforming
lines Universal Controls Group offers
expandable mill control systems that
are pre-engineered or custom-built
to customer specifications. Its pre-
engineered systems can cut delivery
time in half and keep costs low.
Universal Tube & Rollform upholds high
standards of integrity and reliability. It
is a proud member of the Machinery
Dealers National Association, the Tube
and Pipe Association International,
the Fabricators and Manufacturers
Association and the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers.
Universal Tube & Rollform
Equipment Corporation – USA
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New project manager
for Arc Energy
Resources
ARC Energy Resources, a supplier of
weld overlay cladding and high quality
fabrications, has expanded its client
support team with the appointment of
Mark Farrell as a project manager.
Mr Farrell, who has a degree in
mechanical engineering, brings 10 years’
project management experience in the
offshore oil and gas industry, having
worked for a manufacturer of pipeline
components for subsea installations, and
dealtwithmanyofthemajoroilcompanies.
He commented that he is looking forward
to working with the Arc Energy project
team and, as he lives 30 minutes from
Arc Energy’s Gloucestershire factory, is
particularly pleased that his experience is
now helping to support a local business.
He added that he was impressed
with the emphasis Arc Energy places
on company and staff development to
ensure that its highly specialised welding
techniques meet the requirements
demanded by clients who manufacture
a wide range of specialist oilfield
equipment.
Welcoming Mr Farrell, managing
director Alan Robinson said his
experience is an excellent fit with Arc
Energy’s existing business, and being
able to fill a key position locally is a
bonus.
Arc Energy Resources recently
made a major investment in two new
rotating head welding machines, costing
£500,000. This has increased productivity
and extended the size and scope of
work the company can handle, which
now includes complicated component
geometries for full or partial cladding, and
fabrication of a wide range of component
sizes weighing up to 15 tonnes.
The company’s in-house designed
cladding workstations feature state-of-
the-art control systems developed to suit
its customers’ specialised engineering
requirements, and can clad bores up to
4m in diameter and areas of restricted
access within bores as small as 20mm
diameter. Arc Energy also offers in-house
test weld, heat treatment, PMI and NDT
facilities.
Arc Energy Resources – UK
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Mark Farrell
4" tube mill