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Industry News
TMK Seversky
Tube Works orders
threading machines
TMK’s OAO Seversky Tube Works
from Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk, Russia,
has placed an order with SMS Meer,
Germany, for two new threading
machines, including transport facilities.
With these new machines, Seversky
Tube Works is expanding its production
capacities for premium joints.
The threading machines of the type
CG 38/4 are able to thread pipes in the
diameter range from 169 to 340mm with
wall thicknesses from 7.3 to 16.5mm and
lengths up to 13.5m. Depending on the
thread type and diameter, the machines
finish between 46 and 87 pipes per hour.
Themachines operate according to the
“stationary tool – rotating pipe” principle.
With this method the machines can cut
standardised inside and outside threads
as well as all premium threads. The
pipe threads comply with the production
standards API 5CT and GOST 632-80,
as well as all other international pipe
standards. The threading machines will
go into operation in spring 2014.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2161 350 1862
Email:
Website:
Olicana welcomes
French student
to Ilkley site
OLICANA Products, a
tube bending specialist
based in West Yorkshire,
UK, was happy to provide
a learning platform for
French engineering
student Sylvain Royer
for three months over
the summer. Mr Royer,
who is 22 and from the
Southern city of Toulouse
in France, has had a
passion for motorbikes
since he was 14 and this
is what led him to study
mechanical engineering.
After passing a two-year technical
degree in mechanical engineering,
specialising in aeronautics, he was
ranked top ten in France allowing him
to join the prestigious INSA of Toulouse,
one of the best engineering universities
in the country.
Mr Royer’s work placement at Olicana
focuses on 3D-design work of both
plastic injection mould components
and design work on new
tooling. He is improving
his precision machining
skills by machining
the tooling that he has
designed and will then fit
and assemble the tooling
to prove off the tooling.
He has already
passed the required
English exam (TOEIC),
which is compulsory to
validate the Engineering
Diploma, but wants
to keep improving his
language skills and
to travel as well. Rupert Pearson,
Olicana’s managing director, has been
impressed with Mr Royer’s enthusiasm
and attitude to get straight down to
work on the factory floor. He is proving
to be a very positive, hands-on member
of the team.
Olicana – UK
Website:
Sylvain Royer at Olicana in
Yorkshire