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July/August 2015
Vol 28 No 4
The July Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of Tube &
Pipe Technology magazine. This issue
we have a feature on straightening
technology & equipment and take a
look at the Tube South-East Asia show
in Bangkok, Thailand, which is taking
place in September. I will be attending
Tube South-East Asia for the first time so I hope to see
you there. Thailand’s economy has not been helped
by the recent slowdown in growth in China but it is still
predicted to see a healthy growth in GDP this year, which
is encouraging to hear.
We also have two technical articles, on the benefits of
induction heat treatment for tube and bar material from
SMS Elotherm, and flexible enclosure welding from
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques.
Next issue we have features on bending machinery &
tools, advances in measuring & marking technology, and
cutting, sawing & profiling. The issue will be distributed
at FABTECH 2015 in Chicago, USA, TUBOTECH in São
Paulo, Brazil, and EMO in Milan, Italy.
The editorial deadline is 10 July and the deadline for
advertising is 14 July. You can contact me at rory@intras.
and I will be happy to help with any enquiries about
features, stories and technical articles.
Enjoy the magazine.
Rory McBride –
Editor
EDITORIAL INDEX 2
INDUSTRY NEWS 6
TECHNOLOGY NEWS 28
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 70
中文综合 84
ADVERTISERS INDEX 92
ARTICLE: 88
Elotherm TemperLine™ –
benefits of induction heat
treatment for tube and bar material
By Dirk Schibisch of SMS Elotherm
ARTICLE: 90
Flexible enclosure welding
By Dr M J Fletcher,
Delta Consultants
(Huntingdon Fusion
Techniques)
On the cover . . .
AUSTR I AN ma c h i ne r y s pe c i a l i s t
Linsinger has produced its popular tube
cut-off machine-series Multi-Cut for
many years.
Managers responsible for service and
maintenance in tube mills often find
that machines need to be repaired and
improved more than suppliers some-
times claim when they originally pur-
chased the machine.
This is something Linsinger specifically works to avoid. “We
plugged in the Linsinger Multi-Cut and it has been running from the
first minute,” said the manager responsible for the maintenance
department of the German Tube Specialist Mannesmann Line
Pipe MLP in Hamm. The Linsinger tube cut-off machine was first
installed in 2004 and has worked continuously since then without
a problem.
The construction and installation of the cut-off machine into an
existing pipe production line was a smooth process with the
help of Linsinger and its technicians. The 50-ton machine has
shown its pedigree from the beginning. With low tool costs and
optimised saw blade life the MultiCut MC 4-610 cuts the burr-
free inner and outer edges of longitudinal welded tubes in an
exceptionally fast time.
The international magazine for the tube & pipe industries
VOL28 NO4 US$33
JULY2015