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Industry News
16 March 2013
Inductotherm Heating & Welding
at Made in Steel
Inductotherm Heating & Welding
Ltd, in conjunction with Thermatool
Corporation – members of the
Inductotherm Group of companies – is
pleased to announce its participation
at the forthcoming Made in Steel
Conference in Milan, 3-5 April 2013.
Thermatool is a leading global
manufacturer of solid state HF induction
welding systems for tube and pipe
production applications, and with a
significant number of installations in
Italy, recognises the importance of
keeping its customers informed with
recent advancements in HF welding
systems and continued support through
its global channel of customer service
and spare parts facilities.
An area of particular focus on
stand C49C at Made in Steel will be
Thermatool’s new generation of solid
state HF tube and pipe welding systems,
which incorporates HAZControl™
Technology – An intuitive user interface
that provides precise heat input
control with selectable weld power and
frequency on each and every mill run.
The combination of selecting and storing
weld power and frequency offers tube
and pipe manufacturers the flexibility
to produce the best weld quality suited
to virtually any material type, while
significantly reducing scrap output.
A number of Thermatool product
specialists will be available on stand
C49C, to discuss any queries or require-
ments with regards to the entire range
of Thermatool welding, seam annealing
and cut-off systems and services.
Thermatool Corporation has its
European manufacturing headquarters
at Inductotherm Heating and Welding
Ltd in Basingstoke, UK and you can find
out more at
Inductotherm Heating & Welding Ltd
is the European manufacturing and
technical headquarters for Thermatool,
Radyne, Banyard and Newelco –
leaders in induction heating and welding
technologies for a variety of induction
heating applications.
Thermatool Corp is the leader
in a development of the latest
advancements in the high frequency
welding of tube and pipe. The priority
is to deliver pipe and tube producers
with high quality HF welding and heat
treating equipment, power supplies for
inductively coupled plasmas and high
speed cutting.
Inductotherm Heating & Welding –
UK
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SMS Meer supplies
six high-speed
machines to China
THE Chinese company Huitong
Jincheng PrecisionMetal Manufacturing,
Shanghai, has ordered six drawing
machines from SMS Meer, Germany
– two with integrated chamfering
machines. With these machines,
Huitong Jincheng aims to meet the
high demand for bright steel products in
China.
The six machines draw, cut and
straighten the bars at a speed of 25
to 120m/min, while the integrated
chamfering machines finish the ends of
up to 40 bars per minute.
Deviations for free-cutting and
unalloyed steel are max. 0.2mm
per metre. Huitong Jincheng is thus
able to meet the high demands of its
customers from the electronics and
automotive industry.
“With the machines from SMS Meer,
we can open up new market segments,”
said Chih Hsiung, deputy managing
director of Huitong Jincheng. “We can
profit from the good reputation of our
supplier in the Asian region. When we
tell our customers that we produce with
SMS Meer equipment, they know that
they can rely on our quality.”
A further advantage for Huitong
Jincheng lies in thewide range of theSMS
Meer products. The machines produce
round, square and hexagonal profiles,
with each machine being designed for a
different diameter. The finished products
range from 3mm to 22mm.
The machines supplied by SMS Meer
are easy to operate. In addition, SMS
Meer trainsHuitong Jincheng’s operating
personnel on site – before, during and
after completion of the project.
Commissioning is scheduled for the
1 st quarter 2013.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2161 350 1862
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