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Technology News
Environmentally friendly machines
THE Cofim CTO machine uses a cold
pipe cutting process, which does not
burn any gas and so reduces the risk of
fire, protecting the site from fire hazards.
Using the machine makes it easy to
keep the site clean using a waste tank
to set under the machine and leaves no
waste on the site after the job is achieved.
It is possible to cut dry or, if cooling is
necessary, water can be used to spray
the cutting tools; no chemical solutions
are needed. It is ATEX certified and can
be used to maintain any pipeline, no risk
of explosion due to sparks or fire caused
by a hot cutting process.
The Cofim CTO machine is the
safest solution to cut a pipe on-site. The
machine is equipped with a start safety
handle with a minimum of 1.5m distance
for the safety of the operator. Once the
machine is set on the pipe to be cut or cut
and bevelled, the operator can manage
the whole process by keeping a safe
distance from the rotating cutting tool.
It can be set on closed lines thanks
to its clamshell design. Various options
can be used on the CTO machine, such
as out of round tracking devices, single
point machining devices for heavy wall
pipes, and counter boring devices.
Cofim – France
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Resharpening saw blades
SWISSCUT SW Wil is known world-
wide as one of the leading producers
of HSS, TCT and friction saw blades.
In Switzerland it is the biggest blade
resharpening company.
More than 40,000 blades are
resharpend every year. One of the
reasons SW Wil is so successful in
the market is that, as well as saw
blades, it also sells cutting technology.
Therefore its customer gets a complete
package. The inspiration for building the
QTC device was that, in many cases,
customers did not get the same cutting
performance after they had done their
own in-house resharpening.
Therefore, in the last few years many
of its customers have been asking for
a control unit. On the existing market
there was none, or the cost of a unit was
far too high. The target was to make
a control unit that had low cost, was
simple to use and offered a fast check.
SwissCut SW – Switzerland
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