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Industry News
10 September 2012
CMI to supply tube furnace
CMI Industry has gained an order
from Veridiam, Inc, USA, for a roller
hearth furnace for the bright annealing
of stainless steel tubes dedicated to
nuclear and medical applications. CMI
Industry Americas will manufacture
the furnace in its workshop in Salem,
Ohio, USA. Full commissioning of the
furnace is scheduled to be completed
by November.
The contract will be managed by
CMI Industry Americas. Dave Boyce,
CEO, commented, “With this order, CMI
Industry demonstrates its added value
in the market of bright annealed tubing,
and in the tubing heat treat market in
general.”
Veridiam, one of the leaders in the
stainless steel tubing industry for both
nuclear and medical applications,
chose the best technologies to reach its
specific metallurgical and surface quality
requirements.
Components included in the furnace
are natural gas fired combustion system
utilising ceramic (SiSiC) radiant tubes
throughout; self-recuperative burners
with efficiency of approximately 70 per
cent; high purity furnace insulation to
allow constant 100 per cent hydrogen
atmosphere operation; atmosphere jet
cooling system with variable frequency
control for rapid jet cooling; main gas
safety and atmosphere safety systems;
and PLC control system with touch
screen interface.
CMI Industry designs, supplies
and modernises mechanical, heat
and chemical treatment equipment
and industrial efficiency solutions.
In particular, the company supplies
cold complexes to steel-makers, with
unparalleled references in rolling
mills, coating lines, furnaces, chemical
treatment installations and special
equipment.
CMI designs solutions for reducing the
environmental footprint of all types of
industrial installations, and its solutions
are adapted to the specific needs of
each customer.
CMI Industry – Belgium
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Roll-Kraft promotes careers in
the tube and pipe industry
ROLL-KRAFT recently hosted its latest
student-focused educational event to
promote manufacturing careers within
the local community.
The company opened its doors
and offered high school students
the opportunity to tour the Roll-Kraft
facility and learn first-hand about the
manufacturing environment. Nearly
sixty students were involved in tours
over a two-day period. The students
were escorted through the offices and
factory by Roll-Kraft personnel, who
described and demonstrated the various
steps involved in manufacturing, from
computer design, to full production,
and finally to seeing a completed
product come off the machine. For
most of the students, this was their first
exposure to the modern manufacturing
process, and they found their visit to
Roll-Kraft to be a very beneficial
learning experience.
Roll-Kraft is a member of AWT
(Alliance for Working Together) and
worked with the group to coordinate
this event. AWT promotes careers in
manufacturing to students, and the
group is very active in Northeast Ohio in
educating students and correcting any
old, outdated misconceptions related to
jobs in manufacturing. AWT promotes
the fact that today’s manufacturing
process is high-tech, and factories are
clean and much better environments
than in previous generations. These
jobs provide high pay for skilled work
and are clearly a viable path to success
for the next generation.
The company plans to continue its
relationships with several local schools
and college groups to engage the youth
in events that will encourage them to
be excited about becoming involved in
manufacturing as a future career choice.
Visit Roll-Kraft’s website to learn more
about these efforts to promote careers in
manufacturing, as well as to learn about
current opportunities at Roll-Kraft.
Roll-Kraft – USA
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Bright annealing of stainless steel tubes
Promoting careers
in engineering