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renowned as a qualified manufacturer of
induction heating systems. Specialisation,
innovation, continuous investment in
research and state-of-the-art technology,
quality applied to the whole process from
internal organisation to customer service.
These are the underlying and guiding
principles of ATE Applicazioni Termo
Elettroniche’s business.
The main types of ATE induction heating
systems are:
heating plant and thermal treatment of
wires, bars, tubes and steel strips
melting furnaces for ferrous and non-
ferrous metals and precious alloys
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induction heating systems for welding
induction heating systems for hot
assembling
ATE – Italy
Fax: +39 0444 562373
Email:
Website:
Traditionally known as a dynamic and
innovative company, AWM will be presenting
its revolutionary automatic plant for the
production of electro-welded lattice girders,
the ‘Girderflex 350’.
AWM has been developing lattice girder
technology for years, but the main point
of this brand new model is the possibility
to automatically change the diameter of
longitudinal wires and diagonals, as well as
the lattice girder height. The whole process
takes only few seconds and does not require
any manual adjustment, thanks to a totally
automated system.
The main destination of this plant is the pre-
cast industry, which typically needs different
types of girders in a quick sequence.
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Once the girders have been produced, they
can be automatically positioned on the
production line by means of a set of robotised
pliers. Up to now, pre-cast companies had to
cut tomeasure ready-made girders, producing
as a consequence a great amount of scrap
and facing quite high costs. Furthermore they
had to keep large stocks of the whole variety
of girder types at their disposal, ready to be
used according to their needs.
Although semi-automatic systems to
cut girders have been used for years, the
traditional method appears now obsolete
compared to the new ‘Girderflex 350’, which
eliminates stocking and scrap costs and
reduces the labour requirement.
AWM – Italy
Fax: +39 0432 791939
Email:
Website:
Heating systems from ATE ▼
AWM
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The new ‘Girderflex 350’ ▲