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JANUARY
7-10
Tube Arabia
Dubai, UAE
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2012
FEBRUARY
21-22
AMI Tube & Pipe Conference
Cologne, Germany
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22-23
2nd Middle East Steel
Tube & Pipe 2012
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Conference
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28 Feb –
3 March
METAV 2012
Düsseldorf, Germany
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MARCH
26-30
Tube / wire Düsseldorf 2012
Düsseldorf, Germany
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MAY
7-11
IFAT Ensorga
Munich, Germany
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28-31
Tube Russia 2012
Moscow, Russia
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JUNE
26-28
ITA Tube Conference
Nashville, USA
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SEPTEMBER
25-28
Tube China 2012
Shanghai, China
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OCTOBER
23-27
EuroBLECH
Hanover, Germany
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30 Oct –
1 Nov
Tube India
Mumbai, India
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NOVEMBER
12-14
Fabtech / AWS Welding Show
Las Vegas, USA
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27-29
Valve World Expo
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Diary of Tube Events
Trial facility
for tube
applications
opens
PLASMAIT GmbH, a supplier of plasma heat
and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and
strip production, has opened a dedicated
test facility for continuous annealing and
cleaning of tubes. Tube manufacturers are
welcome to test plasma heat and surface
treatment on their materials at Plasmait’s
facility in Lebring, Austria.
The Plasma Treatment facility has
been designed to perform heat treatment,
degreasing and deoxidation on a wide range
of ferrous and non-ferrous materials with OD
range between 0.1mm and 10mm.
According to Plasmait’s R&D director,
Peter Ziger, the dedicated tube trial facility is
now available to all tube manufacturers who
strive to improve the quality of their tubular
products. Plasma treatment will benefit most
the applications with demanding surface
quality requirements or challenging annealing
requirements. Such applications are usually
found in sectors such as medical, precision
mechanical and energy sectors.
Other tube manufacturers may want
to consider plasma annealing to reduce
energy use, purging gas consumption or
replace chemical surface treatments with
dry, chemical-free degreasing, surface
cleaning or deoxidation.
Manufacturers of coated tubular products
may find plasma surface preparation prior
to coating or metallic plating also an area of
potential interest.
Since the introduction of plasma heat and
surface treatment process in the wire industry
in 2003 Plasmait has continuously improved
the process and widened the application
scope to include annealing and surface
treatment of tubes and flat products. With
over 50 deployments of plasma treatment
lines worldwide Plasmait has established
itself as a trusted supplier to the wire and
tube industry.
Plasmait GmbH – Austria
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