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The Rattunde system can measure
everything from length to wall thickness
SIKORA AG has opened a new technology
centre at the headquarters in Bremen-
Mahndorf. The new building with a total area
of 2,500m2 offers more space for research
and development, sales, marketing and
procurement over four floors.
The reason for the company expansion is
the positive development and growth of the
company in the last few years.
Besides Sikora employees and
their families, important figures from
the economy and culture of Bremen
participated in the exercises.
“With the new building we made a
strategically important step into the future,”
says Harry Prunk, chairman of Sikora
AG. “With the expansion we are able to
further extend our innovation activities. We
have more space for new employees and
offer a modern and comfortable working
FBE (Fusion Bonded Epoxy) protective
coatings. Line speeds ranging from 0.8m/
min up to 3m/min have been achieved,
depending upon both the diameter and
thickness of the pipe being induction
heated. The system has been designed for
pre-heating both SAW and conventional,
longitudinal welded pipe sections.
The Radyne solution is efficient and
highly reliable and the process is easy to
control and, unlike heating by natural gas,
heat is applied instantaneously on demand.
Most important of all is the net benefit
to the environment due to the fact that
induction pre-heating is environmentally
clean and avoids the need to burn costly
fossil fuels.
WITH six sets of Radyne precision induction
heating systems supplied, installed and in
regular operation since 2007, a leading
producer of API grade SAW pipe based in
Ukraine has recently installed a further two
sets of Radyne induction power supplies
and associated heat coils.
This latest generation of Radyne
induction heating system makes use of a
new, modified design of heat coil box.
The result is that they weigh slightly
less than earlier units, a definite benefit
when heat coils need to be moved from
one line and installed onto another.
The Radyne systems on site are used
to pre-heat SAW pipe sections prior to
the application of multi-layered PE and
Inductotherm Heating & Welding Ltd – UK
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atmosphere, in which creative ideas can
grow,” explained Mr Prunk.
He emphasises the new building was a
“significant milestone in the 38-year history
of the company.”
Sikora dedicates technology centre
Sikora AG – Germany
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Leading API pipe producer in Ukraine
selects Radyne systems
MARCEGAGLIA China celebrated its
Yangzhou plant opening ceremony recently.
The company aims to produce, in the first
stage, 400,000 tons per year of high-end
steel products at the Yangzhou plant, and
relied upon Mair Research SpA for the supply
of twelve custom-made, fully integrated tube
finishing lines.
The equipment supplied by Mair included
two complete and integrated finishing lines
for ERW tubing from 89 to 250mm OD to
produce mother pipes for the cold drawing
process (DOM); an 80 ton tube drawing
bench for tubing up to 89mm OD, complete
with pointing machine, ten-roll straightener,
cutting machine (HM blades) and tube
collecting systems; a 300 ton tube drawing
bench for tubing up to 230mm OD; a ten-roll
straightener for tubing up to 230mm OD,
integrated with cutting (HM blades) and
brushing machines; and two finishing lines
for tubing of 120 to 230mm OD, including
ultrasonic testing system and packaging
operations.
The project allowed Mair Research to
showcase its new products and capabilities
for the cold drawn production and finishing
process (DOM).
Mair Research SpA – Italy
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Finishing lines opened at ceremony
Sikora has dedicated the new technology centre