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Aristo Machines announces
manufacturing partnership with MTD
Aristo Machines Inc, manufacturer of tube end forming systems, has announced
a new partnership with Manchester Tool & Die Inc (MTD). Manchester Tool & Die
will now manufacture, install, and offer support for Aristo’s lines of tube end forming
systems.
Robert Dean, president of Aristo, said, “We are excited to join with Manchester Tool
& Die to continue to provide the Aristo brand of tube end forming machines. Their
engineering, facilities, and people are an outstanding fit for Aristo, enabling us to
develop and deliver new tube end forming solutions for our customers.”
Aristo offers a variety of tube end forming systems (machines and tooling) for various
markets, including automotive and truck, construction, HVAC and plumbing. It has
developed a range of solutions, applying segmented and ram forming technologies in
various configurations.
Manchester Tool & Die offers standard and custom-built tube end forming machines
with OD capacities ranging from 3/16" to 3" and a research and development laboratory
to help meet specific customer applications.
Aristo Machines Inc – USA
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Manchester Tool & Die Inc – USA
Fax: +1 260 982 4575
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Alan’s wider role at
Saint-Gobain PAM UK
Saint-Gobain PAM UK, a leading supplier
of iron technology, has appointed Alan
Gwilliam as its new commercial director.
Alan’s new role will encompass market
development for all of the company’s
products including water and sewer pipes,
soil and drain, and access covers and
gratings.
Alan has been with the company in a
variety of commercial roles for more than
twenty years, most recently as sales and
marketing director for Saint-Gobain’s soil
and drain range. He also spent four years
developing new markets in central Europe
for the company’s range of access covers
and gratings.
Alan commented: “Our focus commercially
will be on differentiating Saint-Gobain’s
offering, promoting the many benefits of
iron and above all adding value for our
customers.”
Saint-Gobain PAM UK – UK
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Bronx/Taylor-Wilson, a leading supplier of
pipe finishing equipment, has received an
order from Baoshan Steel, China, for the
supply of an API hot straightening machine.
This order, the latest in a series of Bronx
installations for Baoshan, will be used
for their casing and line heat treatment
workshop.
The straightener is a Bronx/Taylor-
Wilson series 6.CR.9 machine, used
for straightening high yield API pipe at
diameters up to 194.46mm with wall
thickness at 15mm. The machine will
operate inline at temperatures over 600°C.
Prior to this latest order, Bronx/Taylor-
Wilson had earlier shipped an API hot
straightener and hydrostatic pipe tester.
The BTW series 6.CR.11 straightening
machine, which will be installed by
the middle of 2009, will specialize in
straightening high yield API pipe at
diameters up to 431.8mm with wall
thickness at 31.8mm. This machine will
also be used for inline operation, with hot
pipe at temperatures above 600°C.
API hot straightener for
temperatures over 600°C
The hydrostatic pipe tester will address the
alternative pressures required within the
stringent demands of the growing OCTG
market.
The machine will test API 5CT product up to
Ø339.7mm with pressures up to 140MPa.
The order will also include two API heavy-
duty pipe straighteners, one of which is a
duplicate of the 6.CR.11 machine that was
recently shipped.
The second straightener will be a specially
designed Bronx/Taylor-Wilson 6.CR.12,
one of the largest six roll straighteners built
since Bronx installed a 610mm machine in
Germany over thirty years ago.
The 6.CR.12 will straighten diameters up to
457mm with a wall thickness of 55mm and
yield strengths approaching 1130MPa.
Baoshan Steel is currently in discussions
with BTW for other specialized pipe
finishing equipment including leak testers
for threaded and coupled pipe ends, and
patented collapse tester lines.
Bronx/Taylor-Wilson – USA
Fax: +1 330 244 1961
Email:
Website:
Bronx/Taylor-Wilson – China
Fax: +86 8526 2012
Email:
 The Bronx/Taylor-Wilson straightener will be
used for high yield API pipe at diameters up to
194.46mm