March 2014 TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
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7-11 April 2014
Galvanised Handrail Fittings
Q Clamp
Q – Clamp
Applications
Handrails
Safety railings
Exhibition stands
Shopping Trolley bays
Play areas
Market stalls
Racking
Smoking canopies
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Providing you with
a range of first class
reliable products,
including all of your
galvanised needs
to prevent the high levels of torque
from affecting the sensitive ball bearing
spindles,” explained service and project
manager Björn Brunner.
The lifting table concept also offers
benefits over conventional machining
processes where the bending head is
moved vertically. Even with increasing
machine sizes, users will be able to
position the tubes at the ergonomically
optimised operating height of 1,150mm,
and carry out tool changes without
straining their backs. Minimised set-up
times ensure that the machine can be
taken quickly into operation so that jobs
can be completed faster.
The new machine control with Siemens
Simotion CNC allows speedy and safe
execution of work flows because all
axes are moved simultaneously.
The intuitive user interface means that
the CNC-E series can be operated by
people without previous CNC training.
Because the clamping and feeding
forces are torque-controlled, the
machine automatically compensates
for fluctuations in tube batches. A
high-performance simulation program
allows the tubes’ bending properties
to be checked in advance so that any
necessary corrections may be made
before they are worked. It also allows
binary-coded 3D models to be imported
to prevent any input errors.
Magnetic Analysis Corp
USA
6G40
With over 85 years of experience in
designing and manufacturing non-
destructive test instruments and
systems for the metals industry,
Magnetic Analysis Corp (MAC) will be
featuring its newest ultrasonic, eddy
current, and flux leakage inspection
systems for tube manufacturers.
Building on the success of MAC’s
Echomac
®
rotary ultrasonic testers,
the company will be featuring a new
spinning tube ultrasonic test system at
Tube 2014. The system features an APC
(automatic pitch control) transducer
carrier that contains the water couplant
and follows and adjusts to the pitch of
the tube as it rotates through the tester.
This allows testing of a large range of
pipe sizes, including large diameters,
with minimal transducer adjustments, if
any, during size changeovers.
Because the transducers are under the
pipe, no tight fitting glands or shoes
are needed, resulting in lower water
circulation requirements, fewer wear
components and virtually no changes
required to the basic water tank on
size changeover. The spinning tube
transducer system can also be installed
as a retrofit or upgrade to existing
installations.
MAC will also be exhibiting the latest
MultiMac
®
eddy current testers and
rotaries to detect surface, subsurface,
ID and OD defects in tube and pipe, and
the Xiris laser-based weld inspection
system.
Information will also be available on test
systems using a combination of more
than one type of test technology – a
requirement to meet many of today’s
stringent test standards such as API
and ASTM. Echomac ultrasonic testers
combined with either MultiMac eddy
current or MAC’s Rotoflux
®
flux leakage
technology can meet these standards.
Both the ultrasonic and flux leakage
systems are capable of testing to 5 per
cent defect levels on the OD and ID of
tubular products.
Because MAC offers all of these
technologies, the systems can be fully
integrated, providing operators with a
Two Echomac spinning tube type ultrasonic
inspection units with automatic pitch control
for testing tube and pipe
