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Everything you need for a
World Class Pipe Shop.
• CNC Pipe Benders up to Dn 250
• NC Pipe Benders
up to Dn 350
• Cut-to-length Lines
up to Dn 350
• Pipe Bender
Tooling
• Pipe / Flange
Welders up to Dn 350
• Saddle & Hole Cutters up to Dn 900
• Custom Pipe
Fabrication Machines
• Pipe Shop II Software
• Pipe Shop Design
Manufactured by
Jesse Engineering Co.
1840 Marine View Drive, Tacoma, WA 98422
Telephone: 253-922-7433 Fax: 253-922-2536
E-Mail:
Visit: “Click on Pipe Benders”
TPTech Ad.indd 1 11/16/07 9:40:21 AM
Batoyle Freedom Group, UK, is an
independent lubricant manufacturing com-
pany founded in 1875. The company’s
AX24 lubricant promotes the quick and
easy connection of sealing joints on a wide
variety of piping materials. Its main benefit
is its suitability for use within pipework
systems designed to carry potable water.
Developed at the Batoyle Freedom Group’s
in-house laboratories more than ten years
ago, AX24 is a fully synthetic water-based
compound based on complex mixtures of
thickeners and esters.
Key to the continued success of AX24
is its very high levels of lubricity, which
enables easy coupling of push fit sealing
joints. AX24 is easy to apply onto either
wet or dry pipe surfaces. Being completely
water soluble, it is rapidly flushed away
from the joint once the pipe is in use – a
characteristic that ensures pipes can be
easily disinfected by techniques such as
chlorination.
AX24 is formally approved under the WRAS
(Water Regulations Advisory Scheme), as
a pipe jointing compound for use in contact
with potable water. It exhibits low orders
of both acute oral and dermal toxicity and
incorporates a broad spectrum biocide/
fungicide as an in-can preservative to
enhance shelf life.
The lubricant is compatible with a wide
variety of piping materials, including metal,
ceramic and plastic, as well as pipe fitting
accessories including common gasket
materials such as nitrile rubber and
neoprene. AX24 is available in 500ml, 1L,
5L, 25L and 205L containers.
Lubricants manufactured by the Batoyle
Freedom Group are exported to more than
50 countries world wide, through a network
of local agents and distributors.
Batoyle Freedom Group – UK
Fax: +44 1484 461998
Email:
Website:
Aqueous cleaning machine
for large workpieces
Turbex has introduced a new aqueous
washing machine for degreasing and
cleaning large components. The AS-150
can take a load of 800kg and will
accommodate components measuring
900mm high by 1.4m across the diagonal
or diameter.
The single-stage, spray wash machine offers
a large processing volume for the capital
investment. In addition to applications in
refurbishment and overhaul, the AS-150
is suited to inter-process cleaning in
production environments, such as batch
degreasing of machined components and
preparing fabrications for welding.
A major advantage is that the cleaning
medium is detergent dissolved in water
heated to 50-75°C, delivered at 400 litres/
min and 4-bar pressure through rotating
spray pipes. Problems associated with
using and disposing of hazardous solvents
are therefore avoided.
In normal operation, the door at the front
is lowered with the assistance of two gas
springs, one or more components are
placed in the work chamber, the door
is closed, cycle time and temperature
parameters are set on the control and the
automatic cycle is started.
An optional lance with its own multi
impeller pump delivering 10 bar can be
connected directly to the 900 litre tank.
This allows the operator, with the machine
door open, to manually spray-wash
obstinate areas of soil on a component,
either before or after the automatic
process. Alternatively, the machine can
be used as a manual spray booth, without
any automatic cleaning.
Apart from the galvanized steel work table,
the machine is constructed almost entirely
from stainless steel, even the integral
500-micron filter. The installed weight of the
machine is nearly one tonne. Acoustic and
thermal insulation ensure a good working
environment for the operator.
Optional accessories include a steam
extraction fan, automatic refill, oil skimmer
or separator, and a detergent dosing unit.
A smaller machine in the same series is
also available, designated AS-100, for
cleaning components up to 950mm across
by 700mm high, and weighing a maximum
of half a tonne.
Turbex Limited – UK
Fax: +44 1420 542264
Email:
Website:
Successfully lubricating pipe joints