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Technology News
62 July 2015
Improve your
product quality!
IMS measuring systems
are designed for online,
non-contact operation in
the measurement of:
• single wall thickness
• mean wall thickness
• eccentricity
• inside profile
• thick ends
• diameter
• ovality
• outside profile
• length
• temperature
Your measurement
task is our
specialisation!
Competence in
tube measurement
IMS Messsysteme GmbH | Dieselstraße 55 | 42579 Heiligenhaus | Germany
phone: +49 2056 975-0, fax: -140 | |
Cold cutting and bevelling
PROTEM’s TTNG cold cutting and
bevelling machines and US ID
clamping bevelling machines can be
equipped with optional tooling to enable
the machining of plastic coating of
pipelines up to 130mm wall thickness.
All maintenance work (cutting and
bevelling) can be performed on existing
pipe lines or at the end of pipes,
machining the coating on various
lengths to give space for the welding
equipment.
Heating the coating at high tempera-
ture and removing it manually with a
blade, or using machines with a water
jet cutting system (which can damage
the pipes), is no longer necessary.
Protem SAS – France
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Sawyer improves ratchet clamp
SAWYER Manufacturing Company has
redesigned its Ratchet Clamp with a
lower profile to allow better access to
the butt join, helping welders effectively
and quickly align and weld pipe.
The ratchet mechanism has also
been improved with a built-in handle
and enclosed threads to protect against
dirt and weld spatter, all while retaining
the true double ratchet feature that
allows for quicker closure on the pipe to
increase speed and performance.
The Ratchet Clamp is built with a
focus on speed and accuracy. The ten-
ton ratchet can deliver precision and
rugged durability with ease. The clamp
is designed with an open bridgework
to allow full 360° welding, ensuring a
quality weld. The machined headrings
are precision-bored for consistent and
accurate fit up. The Ratchet Clamp’s
new yellow colour provides high visibility
and improved safety.
“Therearealotofclampsoutthere,”said
Dave Hembree, Sawyer Manufacturing
vice-president. “I believe our customers
will be pleasantly surprised by the small
but important changes we have made.”
Sawyer Mfg Co has been
manufacturing and designing welding
and pipeline equipment since 1948.
Equipment is designed, engineered
and manufactured in the company’s
new facility in Oklahoma, USA. Sawyer
equipment is used in the construction
and maintenance of pipeline, waste
water and sewer lines and other welding
and pipeline applications.
Sawyer Mfg Co – USA
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