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The casting
of Cu-DHP
tube
UPCAST® – the upward continuous casting
technology company – is best known for
the production of Cu-OF rod used within the
wire and cable industry. Now this proven
method has been applied to the casting
of Cu-DHP tube in the form of UPCAST®-
SGTube, producing thin-walled cast tubes
suitable for direct drawing to sanitary and
ACR tubing.
Cast tubes come in heavy coils straight
from the casting line with a fine grain
structure lending itself to excellent drawing
performance validated through thorough
testing. The first production plant was
commissioned in November 2010 and is
now in full scale operation.
UPCAST®-SGTube combines the
inherent advantages of baseline UPCAST®
technology – low investment & production
costs and near-net-shape casting – with a
specialised cooler-die design and casting
stroke form. UPCAST®-SGTube brings
marked overall savings by replacing
many costly production stages present
in existing tube mills. Total absence of
harmful emissions in UPCAST®-SGTube
results in a small environmental footprint
further reduced by new energy saving
GREENerCAST features.
Upcast Oy – Finland
Website:
The cast tubes come in heavy coils from the casting line