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Technology Update
High quality
used
machinery
worldwide
UNIVERSAL Tube & Rollform opened its
doors with the aim of being the number
one supplier of used tube, pipe and rollform
machinery in the world. Its presence in this
industry has always been strong, working
with companies both locally in the USA
and worldwide. Located in Perrysburg,
Ohio its warehouse contains one of the
largest inventories of used tube mills and
rollformers available for inspection that you
will find anywhere in the world.
It has over 125,000 square feet of used
machinery in its warehouse and customers
can schedule a visit and take a look around
at all it has to offer in tube mills, rollformers,
cut-offs, HF welders, straighteners and
much more.
Located under one roof with Universal
Tube, Universal Controls builds new drive
systems, die accelerators, and other
accessories to retrofit new or existing
machinery in almost any industrial
environment. With its combined knowledge
Universal can offer a complete turn-key
system from initial design to start- up. The
unique relationship with Universal Tube
enables it to offer a wide array of cost-
efficient services included at one low cost.
The company specialises in used tube
mills and rollforming lines with the ability
to provide:
Used and rebuilt machinery with new
components for any application
• Retrofit new or existing machinery
• New control systems
• Custom engineering
• New drive systems
• Home of the U-Trak length control system
(as used in the new HavenTrak Flying
Shear)
• Installation services available
• Start-up and training services available
• Import and export services
• Cash paid for surplus machinery
• Trade-in or consign your surplus machines
• Members of the machinery dealers
national association, TPA, FMA, SME and
BBB
Universal can offer many different types
of tube mills or rollformers to fit your specific
needs. Customers can fax or email a
drawing of the part they need to make and
the team will go to work putting together a
complete specific quotation. Also offered is
a machine rebuilding and painting service or
machines can be sold as-is. The company
will pay cash for its customers’ surplus
machinery, one machine or an entire plant.
A trade-in of obsolete machinery can be
considered in exchange for other machines
or services provided. The company will also
do consignment deals where customers
retain ownership of the machinery until the
date of sale. Universal will clean, paint and
advertise your machines and send you a
cheque when it is sold.
It specialises in complete machine
reconditioning. Whether it is a single
machine or a complete line, Universal
would be happy to send you a quotation
for this service and they are uniquely
qualified to assess the current condition of
your machinery and offer expert advice for
upgrades. Its experienced staff can clean,
paint, rebuild, install and train your staff
making certain your machine is running
efficiently. Together with Universal Controls
Group it has the ability to put new controls,
drives and motors on all machines. The
experience and services the company
provides helps it to stand out from your
average used machinery dealer.
Universal Tube & Rollform – USA
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AS an answer to the increasing demand
from customers for shorter lead times on
bending tools OMNI-X has purchased
and installed a brand new heat treatment
device and CNC turning centre supplied by
Nakamura. Both devices help to speed up
production but also to improve quality of
OMNI-X bending tools.
The nitriding device has been installed
at OMNI-X facility in the Czech Republic in
2011 while the turning centre has already
been installed for a few months, integrated
to semi-automatic cell dedicated to
production of mandrel links. The Nakamura
turning centre with its incredible speed,
repeatability and reliability looks to be
the right choice to work in often 24 hours
continuous operation.
This machine also offers systems
that help to achieve a good surface of
machined parts.The heat treatment device
is real hi-tech equipment that offers several
different types of treatments to apply on
surfaces of tools like bend dies, clamp
dies, and pressure dies in higher quality
and shorter cycle than most conventional
nitriding devices. The quality of nitride
layer is mostly evaluated according to its
hardness, depth and compactness.
Perfect quality surface layer is not only
harder it also improves friction property,
generally important to achieve a longer
lifecycle of tools. Already first internal
tests show improvements in all these three
factors while the process itself has been
shortened to approximately 8-12 hours.
This should have a positive impact on lead
times of some smaller tools as it used to
take approximately two days no matter
what the tool size. However, this device is
planned to be in almost permanent use due
to the internal dimensions of the furnace
and the help of subcontractors will be still
necessary.
OMNI-X CZ – Czech Republic
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Improvements in production process
The CNC turning centre