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VOL 25 NO 3 M AY/J UNE 2012 CONTENTS
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The development of AUTO-DNSA mills and
ERW tube mills
By Guowu Gao, chief engineer, FD Machinery, China
Tube Russia 2012
Economic conditions for the trade
fairs Tube Russia, Metallurgy-
Litmash, and Aluminium/Non-
Ferrous, to be held from 28 to
31 May 2012 in Moscow, are
improving. Despite an extremely
difficult economic environment over
the past few years, the industry is
now looking to the future with a fair
amount of optimism thanks to the
constantly improving investment
climate in Russia.
Cutting, sawing &
profiling technology
Today, an average-size or even a
small tube and pipe plant is likely to
command impressive cutting capacity,
with a single highly flexible machine
able to cut a variety of profiles either at
the end of the tube or along its length.
Employing one tool in a single cycle
to cut round, square, rectangular, flat,
oval, and virtually any other form, the
unit will outperform cutters that only
recently were state-of-the-art.
Inspection, testing
& quality control
Producers of tubes face strict
government and industry regulations
that hold them liable for lapses
in quality. Tube makers to the
automotive industry must provide
product that holds tight tolerances.
Plastic tube manufacturers, even
as they meet challenges as diverse
as the markets and customers they
serve and are under a concomitant
obligation to substantiate their claims.
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