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January/February 2015
Vol 28 No 1
The January Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of Tube
& Pipe Technology magazine. This
month we have a feature on welding
technology, equipment and consumables
and a fascinating technical article on the
manufacture of crimping dies in UOE
welded pipe plants from Shandong SiFang
Technical Development Co Ltd, as well as all the latest
news and technology updates from the tube industry.
Also in this issue is a show feature on the BORU 2015
trade show, which will be held in Istanbul from 26 to 28
March. Several members of the magazine team will be
in this magnificent and historic city so please do come to
our stand and say hello.
In the March issue we will have features on tube extrusion
and end forming; inspection, testing and quality control;
and drilling, piercing and punching technology. The
magazine will be distributed at two shows – TUBE Russia
2015 in Moscow and Made in Steel in Milan, Italy. The
editorial deadline for submissions is 8 January 2015 and
the advertising deadline is 21 January.
Finally, I would like to wish all of our readers a very
happy and enjoyable festive period and a healthy and
prosperous New Year. Enjoy the magazine.
Rory McBride – Editor
Rory McBride –
Editor
On the cover . . .
Shandong Province Sifang Technical
Deve l opmen t Co i s a t echn i ca l
enterprise from Shandong Province
in China that was initially established
by a group of scientific and technical
expe r t s . I t a ims t o es t ab l i sh a
“technologically innovative strategic
alliance of the Chinese steel pipe and cold roll-formed steel
industry”.
It has passed through ISO9001:2000 quality system
authentication and ISO4001:2004 environmental system
authentication. The company also has a large research and
development team that constantly looks at new metal materials
with a focus on resistance to abrasion and materials that
are resistant to heat and the many new types of production
processes that can otherwise cause problems with materials.
New products which have been developed by the company
to high international standards include high chromium alloy
straightening rolls, high chromium alloy rolls for large ERW
welding steel tubes and cold formed steel, alloy guide discs for
seamless steel tube mills, alloy guide plates for seamless steel
tube mills and heat resistance alloy castings for furnaces.
VOL 28 NO1
US$33
JANUARY 2015
The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries
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ARTICLE:
NEW MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND MANUFACTURE OF CRIMPING
DIES IN UOE WELDED PIPE PLANT
By Li Xin-wen, Zhou Gui-de, Li Jian-xin and Su Qi-shuang
from Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Shanghai, China and
Shandong SiFang Technical Development Co Ltd, Jinan,
Shandong, China
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26-28 March 2015
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