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32 Tube Products International September 2016
products & developments
Voss extends offering for OEMs and dealers
Voss Fluid has extended its service
range and now, in addition to hydraulic
coupling technology, also offers
customised tubes and hoses, as well as
a wide variety of accessory components.
As a result, the company can now serve
OEMs and dealers of fluid technology
more efficiently and extensively.
Within the framework of programme
extensions, central service offerings
ranging from consulting and pre-
assembly to logistics have been further
strengthened.
With this extended solution offering,
customers are able to standardise the
quality of their hydraulic systems and
reduce their number of suppliers.
Pre-assembled tube geometries,
assembled hose lines, tube fittings
and flange couplings, hose fittings,
measurement connections and
accessories are all now offered by Voss
Fluid from a single source.
In its new tube competence centre in
Germany, Voss Fluid processes thick-
and thin-walled hydraulic lines with
lengths of up to 6m and an outer diameter
of up to 60mm, precisely in line with
customer specifications. The lines are
manufactured on the basis of an exact
copy of existing tubes, or based on a
sample or directly from design drawings.
Customers can choose from tubes made
of steel or stainless steel, or steel tubes
with an organic corrosion coating.
Hose lines are an important part of
hydraulic systems. The Voss Fluid
product range covers the entire
spectrum of conventional hydraulic
hose lines, including fittings up to 2"
and all pressure ranges.
All of the company’s components,
including hose fittings, are equipped
with a long-term corrosion protection
zinc-nickel coating. Hose fittings with
tear-off protection provide a high degree
of safety in sensitive pressure areas.
Voss Fluid is also expanding its
consulting services, so customers can
increase productivity in purchasing. The
company provides advice on installing
lines and designing hydraulic circuits,
discloses savings potential by means
of cost-benefit analyses, and supports
customer-site installation by providing
further educational measures and
practical training programmes on site.
The company directly supports the OEM
market in the assembly of components.
For example, Voss assembly kits contain
individually combined components as
pre-sorted material, fully in compliance
with the respective production step.
In addition, the company takes care of the
pre-assembly of individual components,
upon request, and supplies them as a
ready-to-install system.
Voss Fluid GmbH – Germany
Molecor launches DN125mm
orientated PVC pipe
Molecor has launched orientated PVC
pipe in a new DN125mm dimension,
increasing the possibilities of network
design, with diameters that ensure
effective pressure and required flow.
The company has already pioneered the
manufacture of orientated PVC pipes
of DN500, 630 and 800mm, and is
committed to innovation, research and
development to provide solutions and
meet the challenges presented by the
water supply market.
The molecular orientation process is
claimed to provide the TOM® pipe
with improved mechanical and
hydraulic characteristics compared
to other materials. These include
higher hydraulic capacity, enabling
the conveyance of greater volumes of
water for the same diameter; lightness,
removing the need for machinery for
large diameters, and being easily
manipulated and installed up to DN
250mm; and better behaviour with
regard to water hammer.
The pipe system being fully watertight
prevents leakages and head losses,
which result in a decrease of the volume
of supplied water.
These characteristics provide solutions
to optimise the available hydraulic
resources and to reduce the energy
costs and hydraulic infrastructures.
Molecor Tech – Spain
The pre-assembly of tube geometries is a new, extended service offering from Voss Fluid