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the process. Blades, jaws and slitter knives
are produced efficiently on robotic CNC
equipment with limited human intervention.
The company said it eliminates the need to
import low quality, uncertified products with
long lead-times from low-cost unreliable
suppliers.
With the ability to work from concept to
finished product, a dedicated technical team
and a commitment to quality and customer
satisfaction, New-Form Tools is a natural
partner for automated integration solutions.
New-Form Tools has also developed
patented quick change systems that
dramatically reduce downtime in tube
shearing. The New-Form quick change
tool systems can now be adapted to fit
most existing tube-shear cutting machines
and, it said, will transform production
lines into higher profit work centres. Tool
package changes that would total up to
60 minutes have been reduced to as little
as 60 seconds. In changing blades and
jaws, customers can realise return on
investment in as little as one week, said
the company.
Taking away the guess work when
fine-tuning spring back from the bending
process, New-Form Tools has developed
patent pending tweaking stations for CNC
tube bending centres. These are able to
accurately straighten or bend steel tubing to
consistent tolerances with a cost-effective
automated work centre. This allows
customers to compete internationally with
exacting consistent tolerances on every
piece-part, produced in a labour free
production environment.
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Officine MTM SpA
Italy 324
HAVING been in the business of
manufacturing complete tube lines for over
30 years, MTM is well known all over
the world for its experience in designing
high-quality tube mills as well as high
performance flying cold saws.
Following the actual market trend
MTM takes the opportunity of this
year’s FABTECH exhibition to present
its programme of equipment, especially
designed to produce precision tubing and
high tensile alloys.
The requirement to provide increased
safety in the automotive as well as in other
industries by limiting weight using thinner
sections has led to the use of extremely
high-yield materials (100,000psi and above)
challenging tube manufacturers to the limits
of current forming and welding technology.
The robust design, use of high-quality
material and components as well as the
precision of workmanship result in a highly
stable mill platform capable of handling
high-yield materials and extreme diameter
to wall ratios (ie WT/OD below 1/7 or above
WT/OD 1/80) with proven results.
More news will be revealed at the show
about MTM’s family of high-performance
flying cut-off machines with cold saw.
In addition to its M&K of dimple-free,
double-knife cut-off widely used by producers
of cut to length short tubes, MTM introduces
a new programme of flying cold saw units
sporting a completely redesigned cutting
head that can operate with both HSS and
TCT blades without any mechanical change.
The new gearbox has been designed
for rotational speeds from 131 up to 1,310
FPM, allowing the use of all kinds of saw
blades available on the market, thanks to its
robustness and reduced backlash.
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Olimpia 80 Tube Mills
Italy 542
OLIMPIA 80 is a leading Italian company
in the design and production of complete
mills for the manufacture of welded tubes.
A long time experience and a particular
care towards the customers’ needs are the
essential features of the company, which is
able to offer the latest technology mills and
the highest quality product.
Olimpia 80 supplies complete tube mills
suitable for Tig, Laser and HF welding and
for different materials such as stainless
steel, carbon steel, titanium and other non-
ferrous materials.
Olimpia 80 also offers a wide range of
equipment for strip handling, tube cutting,
in-line bright annealing and for in-line and
off-line tube finishing.
Thanks to its long-term knowledge of
the tube market requirements and to its
engineering capabilities, Olimpia 80 has
designed and produced the new Linear Cage
Forming. This tube forming system makes
use of the most modern technologies, which
allow it to vary the diameter of the produced
tube without roll change. It is a unique
compact system covering the complete tube
forming, from breakdown to fin-pass stations,
achieving a final and almost complete joining
of the tube edges. The greatest flexibility, the
fastest automatic change of tube size and the
extreme reduction of roll costs are the major
advantages assured by this new system.
The Linear Cage Forming system is applied
to the production of round tubes and square/
rectangular tubes.
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